Live Auction 2535Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors
John Martin (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland 1789-1854 Douglas, Isle of Man)
Lot 30 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN B. PEPER

John Martin (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland 1789-1854 Douglas, Isle of Man)

A hilly landscape with a shepherd and his flock and a seated figure gazing out towards the horizon

Closed26 January 2012

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John Martin (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland 1789-1854 Douglas, Isle of Man)
A hilly landscape with a shepherd and his flock and a seated figure gazing out towards the horizon
signed and dated 'J. Martin./September. 1843.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolor, heightened with white
11 x 27¾ in. (28 x 70.5 cm.)

Specialist note

This watercolour may depict a view on the South Coast of England. During the 1840s Martin executed a number of views on the south coast from Hastings to Worthing. For a view of Eastbourne by Martin see Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, John Martin 1789-1854 Loan Exhibition Oil Paintings Watercolours Prints, exhibition catalogue, London, 1975, p. 42, no. 42, pl. 42 (Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne).