Lot 180: WILLIAM ANDERSON

WILLIAM ANDERSON SCOTLAND 1757 - 1837 LONDON THE QUEEN'S HEAD AND ARTICHOKE INN, REGENTS PARK inscribed on an old label, verso: The "Queen's Head" & / "Artichoke" - Inn near / the Regents Park SE corner / 1805 W. Anderson oil on canvas 23.5 by 33.5 cm.; 9 1/4 by 13 1/4 in.

D. Rose, "A House of Entertainment, Painted in Marylebone Fields", Marylebone Mercury, 16th October 1964, (illus.);
Letter to The Daily Telegraph, 12th May, 1965

Dennis R. Rose, Walton-on-Thames

Best known for his marine subjects, the present painting is a rare example of Anderson's small London views in oil. Taken from the South East conner of Regent's Park, the view depicts the Queen's Head and Artichoke Inn, once run by Elizabeth I's royal gardener responsible for the cultivation of artichokes, as it was in 1805.