John Collet Grey Wash Watercolour Drawing A Lady And Gentleman Walking In A Pleasure Garden Circa.1760 Louis Wain Pen and ink study on

Pen and ink study on laid paper of figures in conversation

These four heads are clever juxtapositions of variations on the family features

25 cms Oval

he studied under Sir Benjamin West at the Royal Academy Schools and in 1782 he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy

Henry Thomas Alken 1785-1851

John Collet Grey Wash Watercolour Drawing A Lady And Gentleman Walking In A Pleasure Garden Circa.1760 Louis Wain Pen and ink study onJohn Collet 1725 1780. British School 18th. Century. Grey wash watercolour drawing. A study of a lady and gentleman walking in a pleasure garden. Dateable to Circa. 1760. Provenance: with William Drummond London. 18 by 14. 5 cms to mounted image. 33 by 30 cms overall framed. John Collet was a painter of mainly genre and low life subjects. He studied at the St. Martin's Lane Academy and was pupil of Lambert. He was seen as the natural successor to