£900
William Parrott (1813-1869) -
'Shipping on the Thames, before Royal Naval Hospital, Greewich.
Signed and dated 1849 to lower left.
Brown wash over pencil, heightened with white.
Topographical painter, watercolourist and lithographer William Parrott was the son of a farmer from Aveley, in Essex. He was initially apprenticed to engraver John Pye but later virtually abandoned engraving in favour of watercolour painting.
Framed and glazed:
Height 40cm
Width 57cm
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