John Collet Grey Wash Watercolour Drawing A Lady And Gentleman Walking In A Pleasure Garden Circa.1760 Louis Wain These four heads are clever

These four heads are clever juxtapositions of variations on the family features

Charcoal heightened with chalk on buff paper

Daughter of Réne Bonabes Monsieur de la Fonchais Desclos de la Fonchais and Marie Cottineau

born in Heidelberg

John Nixon was an amateur artist best known for his humorous sketches

John Collet Grey Wash Watercolour Drawing A Lady And Gentleman Walking In A Pleasure Garden Circa.1760 Louis Wain These four heads are cleverJohn Collet 1725 1780. British School 18th. Century. Grey wash watercolour drawing. A study of a lady and gentleman walking in a pleasure garden. Dateable to Circa. 1760. Provenance: with William Drummond London. 18 by 14. 5 cms to mounted image. 33 by 30 cms overall framed. John Collet was a painter of mainly genre and low life subjects. He studied at the St. Martin's Lane Academy and was pupil of Lambert. He was seen as the natural successor to