A panoramic view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral includes a low horizon punctuated by Wren church steeples and a large expanse of cloudy sky. Fashionable figures stroll on the terrace of Somerset house while the river bustles with boats
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and In the manner of Antonio Joli and formerly attributed to both him and Samual Scott.
Two watercolor drawings: above, a white moth on a leaf and a beetle; below, a single beetle
Alternative Title:
Beetle
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials; bottom drawing is mounted upside down, causing the initials to appear inverted in upper right., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 17 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.