Live Auction 5877Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
William Pars, A.R.A. (London 1742-1782 Rome)
Lot 178

William Pars, A.R.A. (London 1742-1782 Rome)

A view of Mogadino on Lake Maggiore, Switzerland

Closed2 December 2014

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William Pars, A.R.A. (London 1742-1782 Rome)
A view of Mogadino on Lake Maggiore, Switzerland
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on the artist's wash-line mount
6 ¼ x 8 3/8 in. (15.9 x 21.2 cm.)

Edward Basil Jupp; Christie's, London, 6 May 1884, part of lot 230 (76 gns to Waller).
Thomas William Waller.
Elizabeth Stauffer Moore and by descent to
Elizabeth Richardson Simmons; Christie's, London, 12 November 1968, lot 139 (550 gns to Spink).
with Leger Galleries, London, May 1975.
with Colnaghi's, London.

Specialist note

In the company of his patron Lord Palmerston, Pars' 1770 tour from Switzerland to Italy was the first to record the dramatic scenery of the continent. Artist's such as J. R. Cozens and Francis Towne were to follow his example. On Pars' return, he exhibited eight works at the Royal Academy, works which Binyan called the 'earliest revelation of the high Alps to the untravelled English'.