Details
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
The Dandy
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
458 x 334 in. (11.8 x 9.5 cm.)
Provenance
Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904-1996) and
by descent to the present owner.
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Roger Makins was a British Diplomat who was Ambassador to the United States (1953-6). As a collector he is best known for his Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art but he also put together a fine collection of Early British Drawings, the majority purchased from the prestigious London dealers Agnew’s and Spink.

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