Lot 38: Robert Leman (1799-1863)

Shepherds on a heath near Norwich
watercolour with scratching out
10 x 15 3/4 in. (25.4 x 40 cm.)

with Alpine Gallery, London, 1973.
with Andrew Wyld, London, 1974.
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Leman was a follower of John Sell Cotman and a member of the Norwich Amateur Club in the 1830s, he exhibited at the Norwich Society and was a friend and patron of the later Norfolk painters. Other versions of this composition by Leman are known, including one in the Castle Museum, Norwich.

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