Lot 78: * Pratt (Henry Lock, 1805-1873). A collection of

* Pratt (Henry Lock, 1805-1873). A collection of four views of Dovedale, Derbyshire, four monochrome watercolours on paper, each showing a dramatic landscape with rock formations, with figures (two fishing) and sheep, one signed lower left, some creasing and closed edge-tears, all approx. 36 x 51cm (14 x 20ins), two mounted on card, and inscribed on the verso in the artist's hand 'Northern entrance. Dove Dale - Derbyshire. H.L. Pratt. 1837' and 'View near Reynard's Cave Dove Dale. Derbyshire. H.L. Pratt 1837'. Henry Lock Pratt was apprenticed into the porcelain trade at the Derby Factory at the age of about 12, after which he worked for Mintons from 1831 to 1836 as a painter. Around 1844 he started painting in oils, and was subsequently employed to sketch baronial halls in nearby counties. He also painted landscapes and particularly the valley of Dovedale on the Derbyshire and Staffordshire border. Patrons of his art included the Dukes of Devonshire, and Queen Victoria who bought a dinner service embellished with views of Windsor Castle by Pratt. (4)