Live Auction 19450Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints
RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM 1802-1828 LONDON)
Lot 82

RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM 1802-1828 LONDON)

View of the Thames with the dome of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London

Closed6 July 2021

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GBP 7,500

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RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM 1802-1828 LONDON)
View of the Thames with the dome of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London
with inscriptions 'Bonnington/ 27.1640/ ett' (verso)
pencil
4 ¼ x 6 ¼ in. (10.8 x 16 cm)

Pierre Geismar (1887-1949), Paris (L. 2078b).
Alfred Normand (1910-1993), Paris (L. 153c), and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note


The present drawing is one of the rare drawings of an English subject by Bonington, and appears to date to the first London visit of 1825.
We are grateful to Patrick Noon for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.