Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 7th September 2016
Lot 45
Thomas Leeson Rowbotham (1782-1853) St. Luke's Church
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
Thomas Leeson Rowbotham (1782-1853)
St. Luke's Church, Brislington
Brown washes over pencil heightened with stopping out
27.5 x 19.5cm; 11 x 7¾ in
This drawing is likely to have been commissioned from Rowbotham by the great Bristol collector and anitiquary George Weare Braikenridge (1775-1856) who purchased Broomwell House in Wick Road, Brislington in May 1823. Braikenridge's collection of 1400 topographical views of Bristol and the surrounding area was commissioned from a number of local artists and includes 258 drawings by Rowbotham and others by Samuel Jackson, James Johnson and were bequeathed by one of his sons to Bristol City Art Gallery in 1908. He also commissioned over 100 drawings of Brislington alone in the mid 1820s, mainly from Rowbotham of which this is probably one.