ID 793475
Lot 124 | THOMAS SHOTTER BOYS, N.W.S. (LONDON 1803-1874)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
View of the Pont des Arts and Île de la Cité from the Quai du Louvre, Paris
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
18.3 x 24.6 cm. (7 1⁄4 x 9 3⁄4 in.)
Provenance
Probably Madame Gilbert Lévy, by 1936, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Hon. A. Shirley, Bonington, London, 1940, p. 114, Plate 133, (as Quai des Grands Augustins, collection Gilbert Levy).
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington, the Complete Paintings, New Haven and London, 2008, p. 260, no. 208 note.1 (where incorrectly identified as 'former collection of Lewis Brown').
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Maurice Gobin, Exposition du 25 Novembre au 20 Décembre 1936 de Peintures, Aquarelles & Dessins par R. P. Bonington, 25 November-20 December 1936, no. 48 (as R.P. Bonington, Vue de Paris, au fond la Cité).
Paris, musée Carnavalet, Paris vu par les Maîtres, mars-mai 1961, no. 5.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Address of auction |
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