Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries, Art Dealers, Auction Houses

Drawings and Paintings Comprising English Water-Colour Drawings the Property of Miss Burney

Sotheby & Co.

Reference: Sotheby’s, 4 March 1943

Copy consulted: Library of the Paul Mellon Centre, London

Thomas Girtin

  • 11 – 'A parcel of miscellaneous Water-colour Drawings by or attributed to Girtin, Joy, etc'

'The Property of Miss Burney'

'Framed'

  • 25 – ‘Eltham Palace: Interior of the Hall, Water-colour, sold with a pencil drawing of the same subject, unframed', 13 × 10 ½ in (33 × 26.7 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £250 (TG1382; TG1383)
  • 26 – ‘Monte Mario, Rome, Pencil and wash’, 6 ½ × 16 ½ in (16.5 × 41.9 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £20

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

  • 31 – ‘View of Tivoli from Monte Mario, Rome, Pencil and wash', 16 ¾ × 21 ½ in (42.6 × 54.6 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £27 (TG0631)
  • 32 – 'A Mountain Stream, Water-colour', 10 × 14 ½ in (25.4 × 36.8 cm). Bought by Agnew for £105
  • 33 – ‘Derwentwater, Water-colour’, 6 ½ × 9 ½ in (16.5 × 24.1 cm). Bought by ‘Brown S. G.’ for £26
  • 34 – ‘View of a Lake and Mountains, Water-colour’, 5 ¾ × 7 in (14.6 × 17.8 cm). Bought by ‘Paton’ for £24
  • 35 – ‘A Swiss View, possibly of Staubbach Falls, Water-colour’, 7 ¾ × 10 in (19.7 × 25.4 cm). Bought by the ‘Walker Gallery’ for £22
  • 36 – 'View of a Park, with beech trees, Water-colour', 9 × 13 ¾ in (22.9 × 34.9 cm). Bought by 'Agnew' for £45

Identified Exhibits