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JOHN LINNELL (LONDON 1792-1882)
An angler by a river at sunset
signed 'J. Linnell' (lower left) and dated '1862' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
412 x 758 in. (11.5 x 19.3 cm.)
Provenance
Sir William Agnew, 1st Bt., and by descent to
Evelyn Joll (†); Christie's, 8th December 2011, lot 396.
Exhibited
Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, number untraced, lent by William Agnew, Summer Hill, Pendleton.
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Sir William Agnew, 1st Bt. (1825-1910) was the second generation of the famous art dealing firm Thomas Agnew & Sons which was founded by his father in 1817. Starting as an apprentice in 1840 with his brother Thomas, they became partners of the firm which was then based on Exchange Street, Manchester. He became the guiding force of the firm overseeing the opening of their London gallery in 1860 before retiring in 1861.

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