William Tomkins
(English painter, circa 1730 – 1792)
At Bonhams sold as “Tourists visiting a limestone cave, most likely
showing Kent's Cavern, Torquay”
Oil on canvas : 65,7 X 81,2 cm
Signed and dated lower right “Wm Tomkins 1773”
Sold at Bonhams London, 9/07/14
For 52.500 £ = 66.096 €
Subsequently in London, with the Derek Johns Ltd. Gallery and the Theo
Johns Fine Art Gallery
as “The visit of Mr and Mrs Hamilton, Lieutenant General Edward
Ligonier and Lady Mary Henley and Vicar William Gilpin to Painshill
Grotto in 1772”
Currently at Flint House (Buckinghamshire), Lord Jacob Rothschild Collection
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