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JOHN PRESTON NEALE (1780-1847)
Lot 1047

JOHN PRESTON NEALE (1780-1847)

Bullock’s Museum or The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly; and A preliminary drawing of Chiswick House, Middlesex for Neale’s Views of Seats (1829).

Closed22 May 2014

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GBP 8,125

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JOHN PRESTON NEALE (1780-1847)
Bullock’s Museum or The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly; and A preliminary drawing of Chiswick House, Middlesex for Neale’s Views of Seats (1829).
the first, pencil pen and ink and watercolour; the second, pencil
9.1/2 x 6 in. (24 x 15.2 cm.); and 7 x 10.1/2 (17.8 x 26.7 cm.)
(2)

the second with Henry Potts, 2001.

Specialist note

The Egyptian hall opened in 1812 as the London Museum in which William Bullock, formerly a Liverpool silversmith, exhibited his collection of curiosities and natural history. The extraordinary façade was designed by Peter Frederick Robinson (1776-1858).