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Lot description
John Scarlett Davis, British 1804-1845- Deathbed; pencil and watercolour on paper, bears later inscription 'John Scarlett Davis / 1804-1835' on the reverse of the backing board, 17.9 x 20.3 cm. (unframed / mounted). Provenance: The collection of Peter and Ann Mactaggart: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/22/peter-mactaggart-obituary Note: Davis painted portraits, landscapes, and church interiors, and developed a distinctive speciality in painting the interiors of art galleries. His works are in a number of public and private collections, with several in each of the National Museum Cardiff, the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Leominster Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Yale Center for British Art. A major exhibition of his work was held at Hereford in 1937.