Live Auction 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
JOHN NIXON (LONDON 1755-1818 RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT)
Lot 73 Property of a Gentleman

JOHN NIXON (LONDON 1755-1818 RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT)

The High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset

Closed5 July 2022

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GBP 2,000–3,000

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JOHN NIXON (LONDON 1755-1818 RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT)
The High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset
inscribed 'A Bath Parson Mother Nash' (lower left) and 'put the Dog in front' (lower right)
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and ochre wash, lightly squared
12 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (30.7 x 46 cm.)

with Guy Peppiatt, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

This late drawing shows the influence of Thomas Rowlandson, under whom Nixon studied, in its incidental detail and depictions of everyday life. The George Inn, to the left, is the original pilgrim's inn of Glastonbury, and beyond it is the Church of St John's.