John Laporte 18th.Century Gouache River Landscape Circa.1790

John Laporte 18th.Century Gouache River Landscape Circa.1790John Laporte 1761 1839. Irish School 18th. Century. Rustic figure in an extensive landscape. Bodycolour on laid paper in original 18th. Century carved fruitwood frame. 22 by 15. 5 cms image. 28. 8 by 22. 4 cms. Framed. Laporte was very much influenced by Paul Sandby's topographical style. He had a considerable practice as a drawing master in London, teaching amongst others Dr Thomas Monro, who was the great early patron of both Turner and Girtin. The

Circa 1730

6 cms framed overall

Deaf from birth he studied at the London Art School in Kensington and began exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1920

he found him a corpse

which was well reproduced in the coloured aquatints by ​Francis Jukes and others

Century Portuguese School

Century Topographical Watercolour Painting

seigneur du Bergeriou and Marie Thérèse Beurrey

More often than not Baker's landscapes include cattle

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Phil May 1864-1903 Watercolour drawing entitled "Gloom" Signed lower left 23 by 30 cms to mounted image

"Simon Bolivar