Property of a descendent of Sir ﷽John Reid (1861-1933)
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.
The river Mosel from the hillside above Pallien
Auction Closed
July 3, 10:51 AM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a descen⛦dent of Sir John Reid (1861-19♏33)
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.
(London 1775 - 1851)
The river Mosel from the hillside above Pallien
Bodycolour and watercolourཧ on blue paper (made by Bally, Ellen and Steart)
140 by 182 mm
William George Rawlinson (1840-1928), by 1902,
with Agnew’s, London, who, on 23 July 1917, acquired the work from Rawlinson, along with thirty-two other Turner drawings, and then, on 1 August 1917, sold the group en bloc to Reginald Arthur Tatton (1857-1926)🌠 (stock number 8669, 8674 or 8675),
by descent to his nephew, Ca🌜ptain Thomas Arthur Tatton, M.C.💮 (1893-1968),
his sale, London, Christie’s, 14 December 1928♈, lot 21, bt. Agnew’s, £420, (stock number 1132 or 1133),
who acquired the drawing on b🤪ehalf of Sir John Reid, K.B.E💃. (1861-1933),
by descent to the present owner
Sir Walter Armstrong, Turner, London 1902, pp. IX & 267, no. 42, reproduced on p. 79 (as ‘On the Moselle’ from the collection of W.G. Rawlinso🧔n, Esq.);
C. Lewis Hind, Turner’s Golden Visions, London 1925, colour plate, opposite p. 132;
C. Powell, Turner’s Rivers of Europe, The Rhine, Meuse and Mosel, London 1992, p. 132, under no. 49