ID 1344821 
Lot 224  | JOHN MARTIN (HAYDON BRIDGE 1789-1854 ISLE OF MAN)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000 
Sunset over a rocky bay
signed and dated 'J. Martin. 1839 [?]' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out on paper
9 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (23.8 x 37.1 cm.)
Provenance
Norman D. Newall; Christie's, London, 13 December 1979, lot 51, illustrated in colour (sold £22,000).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1997, lot 32, (sold £41,100), where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Festival of Britain Exhibition, Tyneside's Contribution to Art, 1951, no. 227.
London, Royal Academy, and Washington, National Gallery of Art, The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880, January-July 1993, no. 210, pl. 221, illustrated in colour.
| Artist: | John Martin (1789 - 1854) | 
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor on paper, Watercolor | 
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Artist: | John Martin (1789 - 1854) | 
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor on paper, Watercolor | 
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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