Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of A Running Hare 1780 Miss Mellon Provenance: Bonhams London 9/12/2015 Lot

Provenance: Bonhams London 9/12/2015 Lot 7

Provenance: The London Artists Association

trimmed to plateline

on the left

Beautifully executed on blue wove paper some age related discoloration and areas of foxing to no real detriment

Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of A Running Hare 1780 Miss Mellon Provenance: Bonhams London 9/12/2015 LotSawrey Gilpin R. A. 1733 1807 English School 18th. Century. Study of a running hare, pencil on laid paper. Signed to reverse Sawry Gilpin 1780. 15 by 9. 2 cms. Image. Laid at edges to backing sheet. Provenance: Ex. Iolo Williams Collection. Gilpin was a successful 18th. Century English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses, dogs and wildlife. Iolo Williams 1890 1962 leading scholar of British Watercolour