Francis Le Piper (1640-1698) Eight head studies and three figure studies.

Francis Le Piper (1640-1698)
Eight head studies and three figure studies
Pen and brown ink with wash over traces of pencil on various laid papers, the first eight each approx. 60 x 60mm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8in), the latter three each approx. 105 x 100mm (4 1/8 x 4in) (unframed) (11)

Provenance:
R. Jackson and Son, Liverpool;

R. D. Radcliffe, Liverpool;

Charles F. Elias, purchased from the Red Cross sale at the Walker Galleries, 26th January 1916, and by descent in the family;

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4th June 2008, lot 2;

Andrew Wyld, London; his sale at Christie's, Andrew Wyld: Connoisseur Dealer, 10th July 2012, lot 13

⁂ Le Piper 'was very corpulent, fond of the bottle and good living, and a jovial companion: some of his best drawings were made on the walls of taverns in London. [L. H. Cust, revised by Antony Griffiths, Oxford DNB]. Four similar drawings by Le Piper are held in the British Museum (see nos. SL,5224-80 and SL,5237-40,41, and 42).