Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Portrait Miniatures, Prints, Maps and Books - 4th October 2006

Lot 194

AMBROSE ISTED (19th century): Six pencil sketches from an album

Estimate £100 - £150

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Description

AMBROSE ISTED (19th century): Six pencil sketches from an album, four depicting hunting and racing, one the Menai Bridge and one of figures, four signed, one dated 1826, several annotated. Literature: The Dictionary of Equestrian Artists by Sally Mitchell (Antique Collectors Club 1985) records a pencil sketch of Squire Olbaldeston and Sir Henry Goodricke and describes Isted as 'a competent amateur' ++ Some tears at edges. Minor foxing and staining to two of the sketches.