November 2020

JMW TURNER

View of the Gatehouse at Rye House, Hertfordshire
also known as:
'The Rye House'
'A Country Mansion' (one of a pair with 'A Woody Landscape, with cattle at a stream')
Watercolour-drawing; c.1793; 10¾" x 7½"; not exh. RA;

1793; First owner not identified.
Later in the possession of Sir William Richard Drake
1890; Passed by descent to his daughter, Ella Katherine Hornsby-Drake.
Christie;11th March 1932; Lot 69; as JMW Turner; 'A Country Mansion' (The Rye House) and 'A Woody Landscape, with cattle and a stream'; seller: Mrs Ella Katherine Hornsby-Drake
Sotheby; 19 November 1987; lot 94 as 'The Rye House' (on its own)
Sotheby New York 27th Jan 2010; Lot 101; as 'View of the Gatehouse at Rye House, Hertfordshire'
2020; Wikipedia - giving Tate as a reference and said to be painted in1793
2020; Artnet as 'View of the Gatehouse at Rye House, Hertfordshire' (practically the same size)

Burlington 1871 page 74; No 81a; lent by Sir William Drake

No. 81a; JMW Turner; 'The Rye House'; 10¾"x7½"

In the Christies sale of 11th March 1932 lot 69 ('...Rye House...') was 'one of a pair' a pair of watercolours? a pair of Turners ? (her address on the sale catalogue was 42 Belgrave Sq. London SW.).

Lot 69; JMW Turner; 'A Country Mansion' (The Rye House) and 'A Woody Landscape, with cattle and a stream'.

1932 is in our copy of the Christie daybook, but does not include this sale.

Auction Sotheby 19 November 1987 lot 94 as 'The Rye House' 7¼"x10¾"; (c.1793 confirmed) (USD20,000): Sir William Drake;

Sotheby New York 27th Jan 2010; Lot 101

The location is confirmed by Sotheby's catalogue - Hoddeston, Stansted, Hertfordshire