Lot 118: Sir Robert Ker Porter (Durham 1777-1842 St. Petersburg)

Sir Robert Ker Porter (Durham 1777-1842 St. Petersburg)
Six views of the Lake District: Bowness Church, Lake Windermere; Eskdale; Wast Water Lake (illustrated); Peterdale from Ullswater Lake; Kendal Castle and town from Crook Water; and Windermere Lake from the station
all inscribed with titles and one dated 'July 1811'
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper, three unframed
9 x 14 3/8 in. (22.8 x 36.5 cm.); and three unframed watercolours of the market place at Middleham, Wensleydale; a Continental Cathedral; and a mounted Russian cossack of the Imperial Guard, all by the same hand (9)

Sir Robert Ker Porter; Christie's, London, 31 March 1843, lot 162, a sketchbook (sold for £4 to Colnaghi).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 June 1977, lot 1.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.