Drawing by John Linnell at Christies

Drawing of  Two Chimneypieces 

by John Linnell at Christie's

Lot 73, 10 July 2012.

John Linnell (London 1729-1796).

Design for a fireplace and overmantle mirror; and Design for a fireplace.

Pencil, pen and black ink and grey and yellow wash, on paper.

5½ x 3¾ in. (14 x 9.5 cm.); and smaller; 

and Design for a chimneypiece with an elaborate overmantle; and Design for a fireplace by the same hand.

Provenance:

(1) Thomas Tatham and by descent to his brother

(1) Charles Heathcote Tatham (1772-1842).

(1) Charles John Shoppee, F.R.I.B.A. (1823-1898); Christie's, London, 19 December 1989, lot 38 (part of lot).

For notes on the Shoppee album see:

see - https://www.jstor.org/stable/23407146?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

A New Collection of Chimney Pieces by George Richardson 1781.

A New Collection of Chimney Pieces. by George Richardson Pub. 1781.

Gideon Saint - Woodcarver

Gideon Saint (1729 - 1799).

Mid 18th Century, Huguenot, Woodcarver.

For an excellent overview of the life and times of Gideon Saint see -

see - https://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3258432.pdf.bannered.pdf

Trade Card of Gideon Saint.

at the Golden Head in Prince's Street, Leicester Fields (from 1763 -79).

The earliest mention of Gideon Saint is in the Apprenticeship Books at the Public Record Office,  Kew where he is listed as apprenticed to "Jacob Touzey (Tousey)of St Martin's Fields, Midx.Carver," on Thursday, September 22, 1743.

William Chambers - Designs for Chimneypieces in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

William Chambers (1723 - 96).
Original Designs for Chimneypieces.

in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Design for Hall Chimney-piece, Charlemont House, Dublin

Date:1762

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

Sheet size:18.4 x 22.3 cm.

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Design for a Chimney-piece, for Thomas Hollis of Lincoln's Inn, London

after 1754.

Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, touches of watercolour

Sheet size 26.2 x 20.3 cm.

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 Designs for Two Chimney-pieces in Lord Viscount Charlemont's Casino at Marino, Dublin.

ca. 1758–59.

Pen and gray wash.

Sheet size 41.6 x 28.9 cm.

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Design for a Chimney-piece, for the Saloon, Milton Park, Northamptonshire.

ca.1770–76.

Pen and ink.

Sheet size 28.5 x 35.5 cm.


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Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite.

Sheet size 23.5 x 27.9 cm.

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Design for Ampthill Park

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Design for the Eating Room, Danson Park.


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