REV. WILLIAM GILPIN (BRITISH 1724-1804)

REV. WILLIAM GILPIN (BRITISH 1724-1804)
Landscape composition
Inscribed verso with extensive notes relating to the sketch, This is meant to illustrate [the] effect, wth strong light & shade will give to landscape, when even box of objects. - Of course [the] light & shade must here be strong, & when the print is tinged it may have a deeper ornage cast than [the] rest.
Pen and brown ink and grey wash on laid paper
Oval 9.7 x 16.5cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/2in)
Together with three further works: attributed to John LaPorte (1761-1839), A pair of river landscapes, bodycolour and Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821), Shipwreck off a rocky coast, near Ilfracombe Devon, signed and dated 1793
All unframed (4)