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Lot description
William Redmore Bigg, R.A. (1755–1828), attributed View of Lymington in Hampshire watercolour on paper Executed with fine naturalism and sentiment, this accomplished rural genre scene is attributable to William Redmore Bigg, R.A., whose depictions of domestic virtue and childhood were widely celebrated in the late 18th century. Set outside a thatched cottage, a mother and child sit on a log, a child with a hat to their side, while a pig investigates a bucket in the center; in the background, a village merges with the trees as sheep graze nearby. The composition corresponds directly to the print engraved by Francis Jukes 'after Bigg' and published in London on 20 November 1797 under the title Cottage Scene near Colchester, Essex. The quality and technique suggest this may be the original preparatory watercolour painted by Bigg, rather than a later copy painted by someone else after the print. Jukes would have used studies like this to produce his prints, and originals are extremely rare.