John Nixon Grey Wash Watercolour Drawing Maids Of Honour At Drury Lane Theatre 1783 Heinrich Sinzenich Ferdinand VI

Ferdinand VI

Collection Cyril and Shirley Fry

Study of a seated girl initialled and dated lower right FOD 14

and then on scholarship at the Royal College of Art

A sheet of figure studies

John Nixon Grey Wash Watercolour Drawing Maids Of Honour At Drury Lane Theatre 1783 Heinrich Sinzenich Ferdinand VIJohn Nixon 1759 1818. English School 18th. Century, pen & grey wash watercolour drawing inscribed: "Maids of Honour at Drury Lane Theatre, Miss Tryon." Initialled and dated 1783. 10. 6 by 15. 5 cms image. 27. 5 by 34. 5 cms framed overall. John Nixon was an amateur artist best known for his humorous sketches. He was a wealthy merchant, and recorded the characters and streetscapes he encountered on his travels. Miss Tryon is recorded as being appointed