The Comforts of Bath - The Ball: figures attending a concert in an Assembly Room
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Price Realised GBP 4,375
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GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500
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Closed: 21 Nov 2019
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Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The Comforts of Bath - The Ball: figures attending a concert in an Assembly Room
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Lot Essay
The Comforts of Bath is a series of 12 etchings by Thomas Rowlandson, each accompanied by verse extracts from Christopher Anstey’s New Bath Guide, published in 1766. Another version of this watercolour is at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Ray Livingston Murphy was a New York collector of books and drawings, whose focus across both fields was British. His collecting was much influenced by William Beckford, some of whose books and drawings he owned. He bequeathed his library to Yale.
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The sheet is not laid down but is tipped in around the edges into a washline mount, which in turn is hinged into an acidic topmount from which we would advise removal. There is some very slight discolouration to the extreme edges of the sheet and some slight surface dirt throughout. There has typically been some slight fading to the more delicate pigment but the sheet reads well.
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The Comforts of Bath - The Ball: figures attending a concert in an Assembly RoomThomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)Estimate: GBP 2,500 - 3,500
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