Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 1 - 5th September 2023

Lot 223

Francois-Thomas-Louis Francia (French 1772-1839)

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £250

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Description

Francois-Thomas-Louis Francia (French 1772-1839)
In Richmond Park
Signed with monogram and dated 1809 (lower right)
Charcoal heightened with white
31.2 x 53.1cm; 12¼ x 21in
Unframed

Together with Circle of Samuel Hieronymus Grimm; View of a manor house; Pen and ink, with watercolour heightened with white; 22.1 x 39.6cm; 8¾ x 15½in; Unframed (2)

Provenance:
Property of a former museum keeper, collected between the 1930s and 1970s

Literature:
Francia in Iolo Williams, Early English Watercolours (London, The Connoisseur, 1952), p.104 (as dated 1807)