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William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 1
William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 2
William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 3
William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 4
William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 5
William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 6
William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century) 'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast' the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm (and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)) image 7
Lot 106

William King
(British, active mid - late 18th Century)
'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast'
(2)

Old Master Paintings
19 – 25 September 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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William King (British, active mid - late 18th Century)

'Visapucca from the Labrador Coast'
signed 'Wm King Fect.' (lower right) and inscribed with the title on the lower edge
graphite and watercolour on vellum
15 x 10.5cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8in).
and another by the same hand showing Muscari and Dens Canis, on laid paper, 17.5 x 15.2 cm (2)
the larger, framed: 41.2 x 36.6cm

Footnotes

Many of King's botanical watercolours were of specimens that he encountered in the garden of the amateur botanist Thomas Skinner, who had collected several plants from the Americas and transplanted them to suburban London. King was one of the artists whose works were included in the 2018 exhibition at the Huntington Library, California, In pursuit of Flora; 18th Century Botanical Drawings from the Huntington's Art Collections curated by Melinda McCurdy.

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