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Joseph Michael Gandy, A.R.A. (London 1771-1843 Plympton, Devon)
Lot 172 Property of an Important Private Collector

Joseph Michael Gandy, A.R.A. (London 1771-1843 Plympton, Devon)

Entablature and capital in the Arch of Septimius Severus

Closed7 December 2016

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GBP 7,500

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Joseph Michael Gandy, A.R.A. (London 1771-1843 Plympton, Devon)
Entablature and capital in the Arch of Septimius Severus
signed, inscribed and dated 'Composite Order/ Entablature/ and Capital in the/ Arch of Septimus/ Severs/ Joseph Gandy/ 1796'
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash, partial watermark AND DALEY
25 ½ x 18 in. (64.7 x 45.7 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 1 October 1994, lot 204.

Specialist note

Gandy, apprenticed to James Wyatt (1746-1813), studied at the Royal Academy schools where he was awarded a gold medal in 1790 for the design of a triumphal arch. Between 1794 and 1797 he travelled and studied in Italy, where both this drawing and lot 173 were made. On his return from Italy he was employed as a draughtsman by Sir John Soane. Few of his designs were built, and he is perhaps best known for his architectural perspective drawings which were regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy.