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WILLIAM JOY (GREAT YARMOUTH 1803-1867 WHIXLEY) AND JOHN CANTILOE JOY (GREAT YARMOUTH 1805-1859 LONDON)
'Fighting the mistral' - a French paddle steamer, off Marseille
signed 'JOY.' (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour with scratching out on paper
1534 x 21 in. (40 x 53.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Oliphant & Co, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 5 April 2005, lot 171.
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William and John Cantiloe Joy often collaborated on their watercolours. Born in Great Yarmouth, they taught themselves to paint the sea whilst lodging at the Royal Hospital. In 1832 they worked for the government as draughtsmen at Portsmouth and later worked in London.

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