Francis Wheatley, R.A. (1747-1801)

'The Rat Trap'

细节

Francis Wheatley, R.A. (1747-1801)
'The Rat Trap'
signed and dated 'F. Wheatley delt/1786' (lower right on the spinning wheel)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
15.7/8 x 11 in. (40.3 x 28.6 cm.)

来源

Arthur N. Gilbey; Christie's London, 26 April 1940, lot 218 (100 gns. to Dunn).

出版

I. Williams, 'The A.N. Gilbey Collection of Early English Drawings', Country Life, 13 April 1940, p. 391.

拍品专文

In the Country Life article Williams comments that there were 36 examples of Wheatley's work in the collection but only illustrates The Rat Trap.
In Mary Webster's publication on Francis Wheatley, 1970, the oil painting of this subject is illustrated.