ISAAC JOHNSON (BRITISH 1754-1835)
OAK TREE AT WINFARTHING
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 19 March 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
inscribed ‘Drawn 1785 by I Johnson, Woodbridge’ to margin lower right, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink
Dimensions
38cm x 31cm (15in x 12 ¼in)
Provenance
Simon Carter;
R Geoffrey Smith, Beveriche Manor Farm, Middleton
Footnote
Literature: John Blatchly, Isaac Johnson of Woodbridge: Georgian Surveyor and Artist, J. M. Blatchly, Dorset, 2014, pp.14-16
Huon Mallalieu, The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, vol. III, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1990, repr. p.191
This oak stands in Winfarthing, Norfolk on the estate of the Rt. Hon. Lord Albermarle.