Name: FRANCIS NICHOLSON, P.O.W.S. (PICKERING 1753-1844 LONDON)
Brand: View of Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire
Price: 2000.00 GBP
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FRANCIS NICHOLSON, P.O.W.S. (PICKERING 1753-1844 LONDON)
View of Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire
signed and dated 'F. Nicholson 1793' (on a fragment of the old mount) and further signed and inscribed 'Robin Hood Bay/ Yorkshire/ F Nicholson Knaresborough Yorkshire/ or at N^o58 Cornhill, London.' (on the old backing)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
9 x 11³⁄₄ in. (22.9 x 32.4 cm.)

with Martyn Gregory, 1989.
Christopher and Jill FitzGerald.

London, Martyn Gregory, British Watercolours and Drawings 1750-1900, cat. 95, May 2016, no. 53.

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Francis Nicholson was born in Yorkshire and spent his early career there. He produced drawings for Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, Turner's great patron, among others. By 1803 he was living in London, and in 1804 was a founder member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, being elected president in 1812. He continued to exhibit views of Yorkshire throughout his career.