Lot 458
Attributed to William Havell (1782-1857), The Launching of HMS Impregnable at Devonport, 1810.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Attributed to William Havell (1782-1857) The Launching of HMS Impregnable, at Devonport, 1810, pen and black ink, watercolour, on J. Whatman wove paper with watermark date of 1808, inscribed in pencil on mount 'Wm. H-ll to A.F.G.' and by another hand '1810 Launch at Deptford (Hibernia)', 210 x 255 mm. (8 1/4 x 10 in), under glass, some even browning, minor spotting
Provenance:
Sir John Clement Witt [L.2228b];
Thence by descent
Description
Attributed to William Havell (1782-1857) The Launching of HMS Impregnable, at Devonport, 1810, pen and black ink, watercolour, on J. Whatman wove paper with watermark date of 1808, inscribed in pencil on mount 'Wm. H-ll to A.F.G.' and by another hand '1810 Launch at Deptford (Hibernia)', 210 x 255 mm. (8 1/4 x 10 in), under glass, some even browning, minor spotting
Provenance:
Sir John Clement Witt [L.2228b];
Thence by descent