Drawing by John Linnell at Christie's

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