Lot 181: John Christian Schetky (1778-1874) The bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816 oil on canvas 36 x 66 in. (91.5 x 167.7 cm.)

John Christian Schetky (1778-1874)
The bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816
signed and dated 'J.C Schetky. 1841. -2.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 66 in. (91.5 x 167.7 cm.)

commissioned by Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799-1873), and by descent to his son,
the Hon. Elliot Constantine Yorke (1843-1878), and by descent to his wife,
Annie Yorke, née de Rothschild (1844-1926), and by descent to their niece,
Lady Marie Constance Mallet, née Adeane (d.1934), and by descent to her son
Sir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet, C.V.O., G.C.M.G. (1893-1969).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 1973, lot 91.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 March 1981, lot 103.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 15 August 2002, lot 391.
with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner.