Attributed to Captain Edward Topham Late 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing "A View Of Ranelagh In 1782" Benjamin West Some timestaining and light foxing

Some timestaining and light foxing to no real detriment

and thus expresses a great sense of place

3 cms each

E in 2022 for his Services to literature

Collection Siegfried Sassoon

Attributed to Captain Edward Topham Late 18th.Century Watercolour Drawing "A View Of Ranelagh In 1782" Benjamin West Some timestaining and light foxingAttributed to Captain Edward Topham 1751 1820. British School 18th. Century. A very unusual late 18th. Century watercolour drawing on Whatman Turkey Mill paper. Titled "A View at Ranelagh in 1782" Initialled ET lower right. 37. 2 by 30 cms. Provenance: Ex. Raymond Bird Collection of Satires. Captain Topham was a well known late 18th. Century journalist, satirist, publisher and playwright. The drawing depicts a somewhat chaotic scene at Ranelagh