Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of Swans 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing Ship of the line and the Ulster Museum

and the Ulster Museum

Ex Frost and Reed

1946 as by Spagnoletto

1820-1887 was probably the highest regarded of all 19th

Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of Swans 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing Ship of the line and the Ulster MuseumSawrey Gilpin R. A. A study of Swans guarding their nest. Pen ink and watercolour drawing with ruled black chalk border, on laid paper with crowned GR watermark. Numbered 309 lower right. 19. 6 x 32 cm Provenance: Ex. Sir John Witt Collection. Sawrey Gilpin (17331807) was a successful 18th. Century English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses, dogs and wildlife. The Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon