Lot 133
Lot 133
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR LAWRENCE GOWING, C.B.E., R.A. (1918-1991)
JOHN LINNELL (BRITISH, 1792-1882)

Southampton from the River near Netley Abbey

Price Realised GBP 20,160
Estimate
GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000
Closed: 15 Dec 2022
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JOHN LINNELL (BRITISH, 1792-1882)

Southampton from the River near Netley Abbey

Price Realised GBP 20,160
Closed: 15 Dec 2022
Price Realised GBP 20,160
Closed: 15 Dec 2022
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JOHN LINNELL (BRITISH, 1792-1882)
Southampton from the River near Netley Abbey
signed and dated 'J. Linnell/1825.' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
15 x 3812 in. (38.1 x 97.8 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Chambers Hall, Southampton, 1825.
Sir Lawrence Gowing, by 1968, and by descent.
Literature
A.T. Story, The Life of John Linnell, London, 1896, vol. I, pp. 125-7, 133-7, vol. II, pp. 263-4.
K. Crouan, John Linnell, A Centennial Exhibition, exh. cat., Cambridge, 1982, pp. 22-3.
D. Linnell, Blake, Palmer, Linnell and Co. The Life of John Linnell, Lewes, 1994, p. 359, no. 77.
Exhibited
Possibly, London, British Institution, 1828, no. 510.
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, 9 January - 21 April 1968, no. 157.
Paris, Petit Palais, La peinture romantique anglaise et les préraphaélites, January - April 1972, no. 164.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Zwei Jahrunderte englische Malerei, 21 November 1979 - 27 January 1980, no. 295.
Madrid, Museo del Prado, Pintura británica de Hogarth a Turner, British Council Exhibition, 18 October 1988 - 8 January 1989, no. 60.
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