Richard Parkes Bonington (Nottingham 1802-1828 London)

Lewis Brown has been described as 'possibly the most discerning collector ever to have purchased Bonington's work' (M. Pointon, The Bonington Circle: English Watercolour and Anglo-French Landscape 1790-1855, Brighton, 1985, p. 131). An importer of wine from Bordeaux, he was based in London but frequently travelled to and from Calais, and may have bought some of Bonington's works in France. His choice collection was sold in two distinguished auctions in Paris in 17-18 April 1837. Many of Bonington's works once in Lewis Brown's collection are now in the Wallace Collection, London.