Lot 170: Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827) The bear and the bear leader, passing the Hotel d'Angleterre pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on Whatman paper dated 1816 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ cm. (28.6 x 22.3 cm.)

Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The bear and the bear leader, passing the Hotel d'Angleterre
signed and dated 'Rowlandson 1776' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Bear and Bear Leader' (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on Whatman paper dated 1816
11 ¼ x 8 ¾ cm. (28.6 x 22.3 cm.)

Charles William Dyson Perrins.
with Leger Galleries, London, February 1981.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1995, lot 38, where purchased for the present collection.