Live Auction 3377Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
John Linnell (1792-1882)
Lot 396 The Property of the late Evelyn Joll (1925-2001)

John Linnell (1792-1882)

An angler by a river at sunset

Closed8 December 2011

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GBP 4,750

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John Linnell (1792-1882)
An angler by a river at sunset
signed 'J Linnell' (lower left) and with inscription 'A River Scene, Sunset/by/John Linnell/The Property of/Wm Agnew. M.P.' (on a label attached to the backboard) and with a further inscription 'Fanny Agnew' (on the backboard) and 'Mrs Kingzett' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
4½ x 7 5/8 in. (11.4 x 19.3 cm.)

Sir William Agnew, 1st Bt. (1825-1910), M.P. for South East Lancashire and by descent.

Specialist note

The label on the verso of the present watercolour reveals its illustrious provenance. Sir William Agnew, M.P. for South-East Lancashire was responsible for developing his father Thomas's art business into a leading art dealership. His eldest son, Sir George William Agnew (1852-1941), M.P. for Salford West (1906-1918), joined the firm in 1874, and in 1878 married Fanny Bolton. Their daughter Cicely married Norman Froggatt Kingzett, M.B.E. (d. 1947), and is presumably the 'Mrs Kingzett' to whom this watercolour once belonged.