Richard Parkes Bonington

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1801-1828

Distant View of Geneva with a Man in a Cornfield in the Foreground

Pencil on paper.

4 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (114 x 292 mm)

Gift of Charles A. Ryskamp in memory of János Scholz.

1993.11

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper right in pencil, "Geneva"; numbered at lower left in pen and brown ink, "180".

Provenance:

The artist's sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1829, lot 180; sale, London, Christie's, 9 November 1976; Charles Ryskamp, Princeton.

Associated names:

Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.

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