JOHN LINNELL (LONDON 1792-1882)
Lot 132 PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR LAWRENCE GOWING, C.B.E., R.A. (1918-1991)

JOHN LINNELL (LONDON 1792-1882)

Kensington Gravel Pits (recto); Study of a cow lying down (verso)

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JOHN LINNELL (LONDON 1792-1882)
Kensington Gravel Pits (recto); Study of a cow lying down (verso)
signed, inscribed and dated '1811 Paddington J.L.' (lower left), and further inscribed 'J Linnell. Paddington 1811' (verso)
pencil and watercolour on oatmeal paper
4 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (10.8 x 14.6 cm.)

Sir Lawrence Gowing, and by descent.

Specialist note

'Paddington', as inscribed here by Linnell, was formerly the name of the broad area now known as Bayswater. The gravel pit seen here is Kensington Gravel Pits, which stretched along the road now known as Notting Hill Gate. As such, this sketch, probably made en plein air, must relate to Linnell's great oil Kensington Gravel Pits of 1811-12, now at Tate Britain, London.