A Valuable Assemblage of English Pictures, Splendid Water-Colour Drawings … the Property of Messrs. Thomas Agnew & Sons
Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods
Reference: Christie's, 4 November 1861
The sale took place over two weeks, 28 October – 6 November 1861
Lugt, Catalogues, no.26393
Copy consulted: Frick Art Reference Library, New York, online at Art Sales Catalogues Online
4 November 1861
- 969 – ‘Battersea-reach – 12 in by 20 in. Engraved. This drawing has always been considered to be one of the most poetical drawings of this rare master. It is signed and dated 1800 and is in a fine state of preservation’. Sold for 25 guineas (a note in the Palser Records states that it was ‘Bought by Lloyd’) (TG1740)
Identified Exhibits
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Chelsea Reach, Looking towards Battersea (The White House, Chelsea)
Thomas Girtin
Chelsea Reach, Looking towards Battersea (The White House, Chelsea)
Tate, London