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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Burton Saddlery
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1910' (lower left)
watercolour
25 x 35cm
Provenance
The artist's cousin, thence by descent;
Sale, Christie's, London, 29th July 2008, lot 359, where acquired by the present owner
| Estimate: | £800 - £1,200 |
Footnote
George
Stacey Gibson, a relative of Tuke’s by marriage, was born in the right half of
this sixteenth-century timber framed house in 1818. He went on to
form Gibson, Tuke & Gibson which amalgamated with Barclays bank in 1896. From 1845, Gibson owned the Grade II listed
Hill House in Saffron Walden, where Tuke and his mother Esther would regularly
enjoy Christmas.
The saddlery business was founded in the 1830s and lasted for a century. Tuke’s rendering of
this charming, honey-stoned building is a faithful memento to his ancestor’s
former home.
Condition Report
The sheet is sound; surface in good, clean condition with strong original colour; framed and under glass unexamined out of frame.