Early British Paintings 1500-1850
OverviewBritain has produced some of the worlds greatest painters and has attracted some of the greatest to its shores. The British Department covers a wide range of paintings and watercolours, including portraits from the age of Holbein to the age of Lawrence. We hold the auction record for many of the top names in British portraiture, including Constable, Lely, Wright of Derby, Romney, Zoffany, Gainsborough and Reynolds. The Department covers landscapes from the first foreign visitors such as Siberechts, and onwards to the age of Constable, Turner and Bonington. Our catalogues are always strong with marine paintings from the age of Van de Velde to Carmichael, and sporting art from Wootton, Seymour, and Stubbs, to Ferneley and Herring. |
 Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, 7 July 2010, LondonWe invite you to watch the Private View video featuring J.M.W. Turner's great masterpiece Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino, estimated at £12-18 million, to be sold on 7 July. |
