Lot 174: Moses Griffith , 1747-1819 Ripley Hall, Yorkshire pen and black ink with watercolour over pencil on watermarked laid paper

signed l.l.: Moses Griffith delin May 24 1777 / 137, further inscribed verso in pen and brown ink l.l. : Ripley Hall , and in a later hand in pencil: Yorkshire pen and black ink with watercolour over pencil on watermarked laid paper

33.9 by 50.7 cm.; 12 7/8 by 20 in.

Ripley Hall (now Castle) near Harrogate in North Yorkshire dates from the 13υth century. It has been in the procession of the Ingilby family for just under 700 years. For much of his career Griffith was employed as an assistant to the artist Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). They are known to have been in Yorkshire during 1773 and again in 1777.