Lot 109: Joshua Edward Adolphus Dolby (British, 1837-1875)

A leather bound album of views of royal residences, circa 1842. View from the North Terrace, Windsor; The Old Gateway, Windsor; George IV gateway, Windsor; The Keep, Windsor; St. Georges Chapel, Windsor; Queen Anne's bed, Windsor; The Hermitage, Frogmore; The Mount, Frogmore; The Gothic, Frogmore; The Japan Room, Frogmore; Adelaide Lodge, Windsor; Datchet Bridge; Kew Church; Residence of The King of Hannover, Kew; Kew Bridge; A cricket match, King of Hannovers lodge, Kew; Kew Church; Kew Palace; The White Lodge, Richmond Park; The White Lodge (back view); The White Lodge (front); Cambridge Cottage, Kew; The entrance lodge, Bagshot Park; In the gardens, Bagshot Park; The Grotto, Bagshot Park; The house, Bagshot Park; Bagshot house from the dairy; The Dairy, Bagshot; The Dairy (back view), Bagshot; The Farmyard, Bagshot; The Ranger's House, Blackheath and many others (qty)
some signed with initials 'JEAD'
watercolour
25.4 x 34.2 cm. (10 x 13 1/2 in.) album folio size.
the album also contains some lithographs by Dolby of royal residences and some other works by a seperate hand,(qty).

Provenance:
H.R.H. Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857), 4th daughter of King George III.
H.R.H. Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), Princess Mary's nephew.
Thence by direct descent to the current owner.

Joshua Dolby was an artist who travelled widely on the continent and painted views in Prague, Rome, Switzerland, Malta, and The Netherlands. He exhibited work at the Royal Academy in 1840 and 1846 and painted many views of Eton and Windsor.