Live Auction 21109The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland
THOMAS ROBINS THE YOUNGER (BRITISH, 1748-1806)
Lot 204

THOMAS ROBINS THE YOUNGER (BRITISH, 1748-1806)

A Study of Camelia Japonica (Japanese Rose), Euphorbia caput medusa (Medusa's Head Spurge), with Phalæna Merops and Papilio Hyale Nar

Closed19 October 2023

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THOMAS ROBINS THE YOUNGER (BRITISH, 1748-1806)
A Study of Camelia Japonica (Japanese Rose), Euphorbia caput medusa (Medusa's Head Spurge), with Phalæna Merops and Papilio Hyale Nar
signed, inscribed and dated 'Painted from Nature by Thos. Robins the younger Bath 1785.' (lower right)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolor, heightened with bodycolor and gum arabic on paper
13 ¾ x 9 ¼ in. (35 x 23.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 19 May 1998, lot 71.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note


Thomas Robins the Younger followed in the footsteps of his father, Thomas Robins (1715/16–1770), a Gloucestershire-based artist known for his depictions of country houses and particularly their gardens. Robins the Younger worked on similar subjects, but also on intricate botanical studies such as the present sheet.