Richard Wilson R.A.
(1712/13–1782) View of Dover1746/7
Oil on canvas
40 x 56 in (101.5 x 142 cm)
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1755);
Possibly with Wright’s, Edinburgh, ‘Richard Wilson - The celebrated Engraved Picture of the View of Dover’, 9th December 1829, sold for £40;
Lt.-Colonel R. Cooper;
his sale, London, Christie's, 26th March 1928, lot 80 (bt. by Leggatt);
with Spink, London;
bt. by Bruce Ingram;
with Spink, London;
bt. by Viscount Lee of Fareham, 1928;
Samuel Courtauld;
bt. by R. A. Butler, 1947 and by descent;
Sotheby’s, London, 8th July 2010, lot 227.