Lot 146: FRANCIS  DANBY,  A.R.A.

WEXFORD  1793  -  1861  EXMOUTH
THE  BROKEN  BRIDGE
inscribed  on  the  inside  of  the  backing  board:  The  broken  bridge  /  Francis  Danby  ARA  /  purchased  at  the  sale  of  his  effects  /  at  Chichester
oil  on  paper  laid  down  on  board
12.5  by  17.5  cm.;  5  by  7  in.

E. Adams, Francis Danby: Varieties of Poetic Landscape, London 1973, no. 32, p. 144 under 'Appendix D'

In the artist's studio until his death on 9 February 1861;
His deceased sale, Exmouth, Foster's, 15 May 1861, lot 32 ('The Broken Bridge');
James Hayllar, Wallingford (1829–1920);
By whose Executor's sold, London, Christie's, 19 July 1920, lot 9 (as one of a group of four), to Sampson for 44.2 gns.