Live Auction 10672Mrs Thatcher - Property from the Collection of The Right Honourable The Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG, OM, FRS
Samuel Colman (1780-1845)
Lot 159

Samuel Colman (1780-1845)

Sunset on Hyde Park during a shower

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Samuel Colman (1780-1845)
Sunset on Hyde Park during a shower
signed and dated 'S. Colman 1841' (lower left) and with inscriptions 'View in Hyde Park Sun Set during a Shower/S. Colman 1841' and 'Scene in Hyde Park London 1841/near Kensington Gardens By S. Colman' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
27 7/8 x 40 in. (70.5 x 101.6 cm.)

Believed to have been purchased by S.W. Bannister in 1881 for 30 gns.
Nancy Bannister, Nottingham, until 1950, and by descent in the family until
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1996, lot 82.

Specialist note

The view is taken east of the bridge crossing the Serpentine. The bridge designed by George Rennie was erected in 1826. A drawing by G. Shepherd in the Guildhall Art Gallery also shows the cows in the park. Little is known about Samuel Colman. From 1816 to 1838, he worked as a portrait painter and drawing-master, and his work developed under the influence of Edward Bird and younger members of the Bristol School, particularly Francis Danby. Colman exhibited with other Bristol artists between 1824 and 1834.