Attributed to Captain Edward Topham Late 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing "A View Of Ranelagh In 1782" Benjamin West Savona Circa

Savona Circa

Portrait of Henrietta Wrightson (Née Heber)

Collection Siegfried Sassoon

Son of Frederick

indistinctly signed and inscribed lower left

Attributed to Captain Edward Topham Late 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing "A View Of Ranelagh In 1782" Benjamin West Savona CircaAttributed to Captain Edward Topham 1751 1820. British School 18th. Century. A very unusual late 18th. Century watercolour drawing on Whatman Turkey Mill paper. Titled "A View at Ranelagh in 1782" Initialled ET lower right. 37. 2 by 30 cms. Provenance: Ex. Raymond Bird Collection of Satires. Captain Topham was a well known late 18th. Century journalist, satirist, publisher and playwright. The drawing depicts a somewhat chaotic scene at Ranelagh