Lot 121: John Robert Cozens (London 1752-1799)

John Robert Cozens (London 1752-1799)
On a lane near the Porta Pinciana, Rome
with inscription by Ozias Humphry 'View near the Porta Pinciana/in Rome - drawn by J. Cozens Junυr/for Ozias Humprhy-1780' (on a label attached to the original mount according to previous cataloguing)
pencil and watercolour
9¾ x 7¼ in. (24.8 x 18.4 cm.)

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Drawings by John Robert Cozens, 1922-3, no. 28.

F. Gibson, 'The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens', The Studio, LXX, no. 287, February 1917, p. 14.
C.F. Bell and T. Girtin, 'The Drawings and Sketches of John Robert Cozens', Walpole Society, London, XXIII, 1935, p. 42, no. 118.
A.P. Oppé, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, London, 1952, pp. 129, 144.

Ozias Humphry, R.A. (1742-1810) and by descent to his illegitimate son William Upcott (1779-1845).
T.C. Girtin.
Mrs Ida Rogge.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 July 1994, lot 94.
with Agnew's, London.
with Andrew Wyld, London, where purchased by the present owner.

John Robert Cozens (London 1752-1799)
On a lane near the Porta Pinciana, Rome
with inscription by Ozias Humphry 'View near the Porta Pinciana/in Rome - drawn by J. Cozens Junυr/for Ozias Humprhy-1780' (on a label attached to the original mount according to previous cataloguing)
pencil and watercolour
9¾ x 7¼ in. (24.8 x 18.4 cm.)