LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.76 in. (70.50 cm.) (height) by 40.00 in. (101.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'S. Colman 1841' (lower left) and with inscriptions 'View in Hyde Park Sun Set during a Shower/S. Colman 1841' and 'Scene in Hyde Park London 1841/near Kensington Gardens By S. Colman' (on the stretcher)

Provenance:

Believed to have been purchased by S.W. Bannister in 1881 for 30 gns. Nancy Bannister, Nottingham, until 1950, and by descent in the family until Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1996, lot 82