Water-Colour Drawings ... forming the larger portion of the collection of the late Alfred Aspland
Capes, Dunn, and Pilcher, Manchester
Reference: Capes, Dunn, and Pilcher, 1 and 2 May 1883
Not in Lugt, Catalogues
Copy consulted: Archives and Local History, Central Library, Manchester. The sale was described as displaying 'an interesting series of the Works of the early Painters in this fascinating branch of Art'
Day 1
- 12 – ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the north-East – sketch’. Unsold
- 18 – 'Distant View of London – slight sketch', 12 × 6 in (30.5 × 15.2 cm)
- 30 – ‘Valle Crucis Abbey’, 11 ¾ × 8 ¾ in (29.8 × 22.2 cm). Unsold (TG1343)
- 43 – 'Landscape with two Horses, Cart and Figure – Sketch', 12 ¼ × 7 ¼ in (31.1 × 18.4 cm)
- 47 – ‘Furness Abbey’, 8¼ × 6¼ in (20.1 × 15.9 cm) (TG0197)
- 54 – 'Landscape – The Approaching Storm', 11 ¾ × 7 ½ in (29.8 × 19 cm)
- 151 – ‘Cloisters, Chester Cathedral – sepia’, 9 ¼ × 9 (23.5 × 22.9 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ (TG1349)
- 161 – 'Sea Shore', 8 ½ × 6 in (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
- 192 – 'Landscape', 9 ½ × 5½ in (21.6 × 14 cm)
- 210 – 'St. Agatha's Abbey, Easby', 15 ½ × 10 in (39.4 × 25.4 cm)
Day 2
- 280 – ‘Pont au Change, Paris. From the collection of Watts the engraver’, 18 ¼ × 9 in (46.4 × 22.9 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’
Identified Exhibits
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Thomas Girtin, James Moore
Furness Abbey
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
Valle Crucis Abbey, from the River
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Thomas Girtin
The Cloisters of Chester Cathedral
Private Collection