George Morland 1763-1804
The Fisherman's Toast
oil on canvas
18 x 22 in. (46 x 56 cm)
Sold
Provenance
Private Collection, George Harland-Peck.
Sale, Christie's, London, The Important Collection of Pictures by Old Masters and Works of the Early English School also Water Colour Drawing of George Harland-Peck, Esq., 25 June 1920, Lot 103.
Sale, Christie's, London, 13 February 1981, Lot 150, sold for £750.
Literature
Ralph Richardson, George Morland's Pictures: Their Present Possessors, with the Details of the Collections (London: Elliot Stock, 1897), p.47-48, no.6.
Ex-collection of George Harland-Peck, 9 Belgrave Square, London who owned 14 works by George Morland according to Richardson's publication in 1897. This work titled 'The Fisherman's Toast' or 'Fishermen Ashore' was engraved by W. Hilton in 1806.