Live Auction 1187A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot
John Linnell (London 1792-1882 Surrey)
Lot 283

John Linnell (London 1792-1882 Surrey)

Shoreham, Kent

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 6,250

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John Linnell (London 1792-1882 Surrey)
Shoreham, Kent
signed and inscribed 'J Linnell/Shoreham/Kent' (lower right)
pencil and white chalk and watercolour, on buff paper
11 x 17¼ in. (27.9 x 43.6 cm.)

John Linnell, and by descent in the family; Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1994, lot 339.

Specialist note

This rapidly executed plein-air study probably dates from one of Linnell's recorded visits to Shoreham during 1828. The time he spent relaxing and sketching with Samuel Palmer and the other young artists living in Shoreham gave the artist new inspiration.