26th Apr, 2022 10:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter)

 
  Lot 30
 

30

[M] WILLIAM JOHN HUGGINS (BRITISH, 1781-1845) - The Australian female convict ship ‘The Lady Macnaghten’ off the Eddystone Lighthouse, 1828

WILLIAM JOHN HUGGINS (BRITISH, 1781-1845)

The Australian female convict ship ‘The Lady Macnaghten’ off the Eddystone Lighthouse, 1828

Signed ‘W. Huggins’ and indistinctly dated (lower left)

Oil on canvas

31 x 49½in. (78.5 x 125.5cm.)

Provenance: Oliphant & Company, Madison Ave., New York


Condition Report

Old relined, scattered retouching throughout

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WILLIAM JOHN HUGGINS (BRITISH, 1781-1845)

The Australian female convict ship ‘The Lady Macnaghten’ off the Eddystone Lighthouse, 1828

Signed ‘W. Huggins’ and indistinctly dated (lower left)

Oil on canvas

31 x 49½in. (78.5 x 125.5cm.)

Provenance: Oliphant & Company, Madison Ave., New York

Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter), 26th Apr, 2022

Order of Sale:

Mercantile (Sail) – 1-97 
Mercantile (Steam) – 100-162
Naval (Sail) – 165-236
Naval (Steam) – 237-318
Navigational & Scientific Instruments – 320-380

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