The Mystery of The Rising Squall

The Disappearance

of
The Rising Squall

'The Rising Squall' after Joseph Hogarth's Auction

Joseph Hogarth's Auction of 'The Rising Squall'

Joseph Hogarth is known to have been in possession of 'The Rising Squall' together with 'The Country Waggon, Snowdon'. However, whereas 'The Country Waggon, Snowdon'. is documented in later collections 'The Rising Squall' is not; leading to speculation that Joseph Hogarth died with it in his possession. These pictures were previously in the collection of Rev. Dr. Francis Russell Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania.

'The Rising Squall' is described as 'The Hotwells, Bristol' in Christie's catalogue.

Extensive effort was put into trying to trace 'The Rising Squall' beyond this auction. 'The Country Waggon' was traced next to the collection of Sir William Richard Drake (died 1890). His collection also included Turner watercolour-drawings previously in the possession of the Bishop of Tasmania and Joseph Hogarth. 'The Country Waggon' was traced to the 1920 sale of R. Hall McCormick; one of the watercolour-drawings, 'Ruins of Sir Gregory Page Turner's House', was traced to Leicester Museum. None of these or any other of the lines of enquiry produced any sighting of 'The Rising Squall' by that or any other name.

This volume of 'The Mystery of 'The Rising Squall' examines possible disposals of the picture by Joseph Hogarth during the period 1864 to 1879 when he died.

Sales and Auctions by Joseph Hogarth after 1864

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The Mystery of The Rising Squall

'The Rising Squall' and The Hogarths Before Paxton House

Since it was painted in 1793, 'The Rising Squall' had been in the possession of Rev. Robert Nixon and later his son Rev. Dr. Francis Russell Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania. The picture was exhibited in Tasmania. The bishop returned to London in 1862 and apparently sold some of his collection including three Turner watercolours and the two oils. Although there is no recorded evidence, these were probably sold directly to Joseph Hogarth because Hogarth auctioned at least four of them at Christie's sales. Joseph Hogarth was also a photographer and exhibited 'A Frame Containing Six Copies of Turner' No. 471 at the January 1863 London Photographic Society Exhibition in Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Research is underway to determine whether the Bishop's Turners were included in this frame.

In 1864 when Joseph Hogarth auctioned 'The Rising Squall' he was living in and working from 5, Haymarket, St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex with his wife, Ellen or Eleanor, who died in 1866, his daughters Frances and Agnes and his sons George and David. They moved to 96, Mount Street in 1866. Joseph remarried to Elizabeth Hannah (her surname currently not known) in 1869. Her children were Wilhelmina (born 1868), William (born 1869) and Herbert (born 1871). There is no substantive record of Elizabeth Hannah's death but she was 35 on the 1871 census with her name mis-spelt as 'Hagarth' (which may be simply a transcription error) and there is a death of an Elizabeth Haygarth, age 36, registered in W. Derby in the following year (1872). In 1874 Joseph married Elizabeth Chapman. They had two daughters, (Louisa born October 1873 (before marriage) and Elizabeth born 1876).

Paxton House and 2 Orchard Villas was purchased just after the birth of Louisa. Orchard Villas appears to have been let to short term tenants whilst Paxton House (previously known as Orchard House) was furnished and occupied by Elizabeth and the children, Wilhelmina, William, Herbert and Louisa (and Little Elizabeth from 1876). It is clear from subsequent sales that artworks, including a Turner watercolour, were held in Paxton House.

The Mystery of The Rising Squall

Hogarth Children with Ellen

For this study it is appropriate to consider whether 'The Rising Squall' may have passed to one of his children.

• Fanny (Francis)
  Born 1827 appears on 1841, 51, & 61 censuses
• Agnes
  Born 1828 appears on 1841, 51 & 61 cesuses
• John
  Born 1832 appears age 9 on the 1841 census. Thereafter absent; probably deceased but at 19 could be married
• Anne
  Born 1834 does not appear on the 1841 census; probably deceased.
• Jessie (Jessy)
  Born 1836 appears on the 1841 census age 5, on the 1851 age 13. Absent from 1861 census she would be 23 to 25 and could be married.
• Henry
  Appears age 1 on the 1841 census but absent thereafter and probably deceased.
• George
  Born 1844 , age 7 on the 1851 census and 17 on the 1861. Died 1890 at 5 Weltje Road, Hammersmith. In 1864 George would be 20 and if Joseph had been prepared to pass his Turner down the family then George would be a likely recipient at that time. However, being active in the business the picture would be very likely to emerge at an auction or a later collection.
• Andrew
  Appears as David age 12 on the 1861 census. but is absent (aged 2) on the 1851, also Joseph himself is absent from 1851. He is shown as 'A D Hogarth in Hammersmith in 1881 and was in Fulham by 1901. He was dealing from 196 Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush when he died in 1906. Andrew could have acquired the picture directly from Joseph or could have taken it from Paxton House. However, if Andrew had the picture it would be very likely to have ongoning sightings.

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Hogarth Children with Elizabeth Hanna and Elizabeth Chapman

The children by Elizabeth Hannah and Elizabeth Chapman were too young to have received the painting direct from Joseph before he died in 1879. The fate of 'The Rising Sqall' after 1864 is most likely that it was retained by Joseph and that he either deliberately hid it or he displayed it, eventually in Paxton House, and passed to Elizabeth with the rest of his household belongings when he died.

• Wilhelmina
  Born 1868, daughter of Elizabeth Hannah. Baptised in 1869 in East Barnet; records show both parents and the date indicates that Wilhelmina and her brother, William were baptised at the same time. She appears on the 1881 census at West Drayton and on the 1891 census visiting her brother Herbert. She was a witness at the Siers' marriage in 1885. She may have moved to Ireland with the Siers but was not found on the 1901 Ireland census. She may have married in the December quarter of 1898.
• William
  Son of Elizabeth Hannah born 1869. He appeared on the 1881 census at West Drayton and as a witness at the Siers' marriage in 1885. He appears on the 1901 and 1911 Ireland censuses, married without children as a 'Clerk in Holy Orders'.
• Herbert
  Born in 1871, son of Elizabeth Hannah. He appears on the 1881 census at West Drayton but by 1891 is living in lodgings in Moss Side.
• Louisa
  As regards the fate of 'The Rising Squall' Louisa is of significant interest because, if the picture was not abandoned in Paxton House and Orchard Villas but was retained by Elizabeth Chapman for the rest of her life, then it could have been abandoned in Louisa's home in 1924 when Elizabeth died there. Louisa was the eldest of two daughters of Elizabeth Chapman.
• Elizabeth, (referred to as 'Little Elizabeth' occasionally in this sudy)
  Born in July 1876 to Elizabeth Chapman, Little Elizabeth appears on the 1881 census in West Drayton and on the 1901 and 1911 Ireland censuses with the Siers.

The Mystery of The Rising Squall

Paxton House Sales After the Death of Joseph Hogarth

Two sales have been discovered:

• 19th August 1885. Elizabeth Hogarth's sale by Uxbridge auctioneer, E. P. Newman
• 29th October 1889. Probably Andrew David Hogarth's sale by another Uxbridge auctioneer, W. C. Heron.

Both of these sales were on the premises and both included artworks. At the date of writing (7th December 2024) catalogues have not been found and the evidence consists only of newspaper adverts.

Although inconclusive it is noted that in the 29th October 1889 sale a George Morland oil painting is mentioned. Turner oils had become quite valuable by then and had there been one it is likely that it would have been included in the advert; which did mention that a Turner watercolour was offered in the sale. Both adverts strongly suggest that Joseph Hogarth did keep paintings at Paxton House. If Elizabeth had taken possession of 'The Rising Squall' then it may have gone to Cornwall and this has been followed up without result. If Andrew had retained 'The Rising Squall' then it may have appeared in his sales from 196 Goldhawk Road, Sheperds Bush where he traded after Joseph Hogarth and Sons' bankruptcy. However, in both cases the trail goes cold with Joseph Hogarth's death in 1879 and it remains credible that 'The Rising Squall' was placed, hidden, by Joseph Hogarth in the attic of the northern section of Orchard Villas. Why would he do this? - The answer may lie in the codicil to his will where he stated, "I have the greatest horror of litigation", written on 15th August 1874; clearly something bothered him enough to write the codicil and perhaps he also hid valuables out of sight of the family.

The Mystery of The Rising Squall

The Hogarths Beyond Paxton House

The Paxton House sales although inconclusive as to the whereabouts of 'The Rising Squall' do demonstrate that Joseph Hogarth's pictures were in the possession of Elizabeth and Andrew after Joseph's death. Without specific evidence it cannot be said that George took pictures from the estate.

• Elizabeth moved to Cornwall in 1885 where she married William Siers.
  Joseph Hogarth's children with Elizabeth Hannah, Wilhelmina, William and Herbert were 17, 16 and 14 respectively and it appears that they accompanied Elizabeth with Wilhelmina and William acting as witnesses to the Siers marriage. By 1891 Herbert was a boarder in Moss Side, Lancashire, Wilhelmina was vititing him on census day.
• George died 17th June 1890 at 5 Weltje Road , St. Peter Hammersmith

Elizabeth and William Siers moved to Ireland and it is assumed that they did so before 1891 since no census record is found for them that year. Little Elizabeth Hogarth went with them and appears with them in Ireland Census records. This study is centered on where 'The Rising Squall' might be; if it was with Elizabeth and William Siers any value that Joseph had attached to it, including its identity, may well have been overlooked. However, it could have been amongst Elizabeth's possessions when she returned to England (to the Old Vicarage in Morvah in Cornwall) just before William's death in August 1924. After William died, Elizabeth moved to Skegness where she lived with Louisa at Clovelly, 33 Sea View Road. Elizabeth died in December 1924. There is a chance, a very small chance, therefore that the picture was put away with Elizabeth's belongings in Clovelly and forgotten.

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

Timeline of Events

• 1861 Hogarth and wife Ellen are living (and trading from) 5 Haymarket.
• 1862 Hogarth acquires artworks from Rev. Dr Francis Russell Nixon
• 1863 (January) Hogarth displays a photo 'Frame containing Six Copies of Turner' at an exhibition of 'The Photographic Society of London'
• 1864 (July) Hogarth puts 'The Rising Squall' and 'The Country Waggon' in auction, both are bought in.
• 1866 (Apr-Jun) Hogarth's wife Ellen died
• 1866 Hogarth auctioned 'Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover' and 'On the Banks of the Dee')(Christie 1866-03-14; page 22 lots 440 and 441) (139 and 125 respectively in the Hobart Town Exhibition of 1845; on page 8 of the catalogue)(The third of Bishop Nixon's watercolours,1845 No. 117, 'Ruins of Sir Gregory Page Turner's House', sold by Drake in 1891, Christies lot 291, has not been definitively found in Hogarth's possession)
• 1869 (Apr-Jun?) Hogarth married Elizabeth (she was 31 and probably pregnant with Wilhelmina - he was 68)
• 1871 Sir William Richard Drake exhibited 'View on the Dee' in Burlington Exhibition (Watercolours) page 74 marked up as from Nixon's collection. This might indicate that he was in possession of the three watercolours and 'The Country Waggon' in 1871. However, Drake did not exhibit the others, and in particular there is no mention of 'Ruins of Sir Gregory Page Turner's House' which would have been a very appropriate exhibit at this exhibition; so perhaps Drake did acquire them piecemeal however unlikely it appears.
• 1871 (November) Hogarth wrote to Fanny Kemble inter alia lamenting the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence on 7th January 1830) for which Hogarth evidently (partially) blamed himself. This letter was written at 96 Mount Street. He was 70 and this is the first indication that he was thinking about the past aprehensively.
• 1872 (25th November) Joseph Hogarth wrote his last Will. He was 71; it almost certainly replaced an earlier Will. It was written by his solicitor and gives no indication of any personal difficulties.
• 1873 (December) Joseph Hogarth bought 2, Orchard Villas, West Drayton. There was another house on the site, Orchard House, which he renamed 'Paxton House' and moved in with Elizabeth, Wilhelmina, William, Herbert and Louisa
• 1874 (15th August) Hogarth wrote the codicil. There is definitely anxiety here. He appears to have written it himself and had it witnessed by two locals, 'S Thatcher' may be Sarah Thatcher who was probably the grandmother of Frank Thatcher, a local brewer.
• 1879 (February) Hogarth's mortgage on Paxton House and Orchard Villas was paid off.
• 1879 (9th October) Joseph Hogarth died at Paxton House.
• 1881 (April) The census recordsd just Elizabeth and her Children at Paxton House. In the northern section of Orchard Villas, Henry Blythe, railway clerk, his wife, Susan and his son, Sydney are resident probably as tenants of the Hogarths.
• 1883 Paxton House was 'sold' to Andrew David Hogarth; Elizabeth and her family continued living there.
• 1885 Elizabeth Hogarth sold her belongings at Paxton House, moved her family to Cornwall and married William Siers. The auctioneer was Newton.
• 1888 J Hogarth and Sons (the firm) mortgaged Paxton House to City Bank
• 1889 (29th October) An auction at Paxton House was held by W. C. Heron. No catalogue has been found but a newspaper ad mentioned a number of paintings. It appears that this Andrew selling what remains of Joseph's collection together with household goods. The ad mentions Turner watercolour(s); these are unlikely to be from the Nixon collection
• 1890 (May) An advert for the northern section as '2 Orchard Villas'
• 1891 (February) Bankruptcy order was placed on Paxton House. Pocock took over management of Paxton House.
• 1891 (April) Census records Dr. Thompson & family in Paxton House (Tenant of Pocock) and the Northern section of Orchard Villas known as No. 1, unoccupied. THIS IS NOT ABSOLUTELY DEFINITE - 1 & 2 may still be confused.
• 1891 Drake died in possession of the three watercolours and 'The Country Waggon' from Bishop Nixon's collection
  View on the Dee - exhibited in 1871 - marked from Nixon & 1891-06-27 lot 289
  Ruins of Sir Gregory Page Turner's House - Christie 1891-06-27 lot 291
  Shakespeare's Cliff - lot 318 Christie 1892-05-24
  The Country Waggon - lot 88 Christie 1891-06-27 - marked from Nixon

Joseph Hogarth's Will and Probate
and
Other Letters Pertinent to his State of Mind

Joseph Hogarth died at Paxton House, West Drayton on 9th October 1879. This information is found in the probate and there was an announcement of his death published in the 'Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette'. It is said that he was born in 1801 and that there is a christening record in 'St Pancras Old Church' records held at London Metropolitan Archives. He was 78 at death and wrote this Will aged 71; the codicil was written at age 73. He took possession of the Bishop of Tasmania's Turners in 1862 (age 61)

Joseph Hogarth's Will was written 25th November 1872. There must have been a previous will - what prompted this new will at this time?

• Witnesses were:
  Arthur E. Fawdington and William Downing both solicitors of 43 Chancery Lane

This Will was written while he was living in 96 Mount Street; all his personal belongings and all his business belongings were therfore held at the same address.

The Codicil was written 15th August 1874. The purchase of Paxton House and Orchard Villas was eight months earlier - why did he write the codicil at this time? In November 1873 and January 1874 there was an exchange of letters between Hogarth and C. M. Ingleby which although unrelated to personal matters did appear to show that Hogarth was somewhat irritated (In the first of the two letters Hogarth signs off, "Yours Obediently" but in the second, "Yours Faithfully" and the whole tone of the second letter is quite frosty). Then in the codicil there is the phrase, "I have the greatest horror of litigation". Something was bothering him!

• Witnesses were:
  S. Thatcher and E Lowe both of West Drayton

Comparing the codicil and the Will the codicil is written hastily pssibly by Hogarth himself whereas the Will appears to have been drafted by a solicitor.

The problem apparent in the codicil appears to eminate from the family (punishment for interference being to be cut out of the Will).

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

Transcription of the Will

JOSEPH HOGARTH WILL 25th November 1872

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This is the last will and testament of me Joseph Hogarth of No. 96 Mount Street Grosvenor Square in the County of Middlesex Print Seller and Picture Dealer I hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions made by me

Whereas I am now carrying on in partnership with four of my children the trades or businesses of print Sellers Picture Dealers and Picture Restorers Picture frames Makers and dealers and vendors of Works of Art Now I hereby bequeath unto such of my children as shall at my death be engaged in carrying on in partnership with me the said trades or businesses or any trades or businesses being a cotinuation or or modification of the said trades or businesses all my share and interest in the household furniture and household effects in or upon the house shop or premises in or upon which such trades or businesses or continued or modified trade or business shall be carried on at the time of my decease

I bequeath unto my wife absolutely all the household furniture consumable stores and other household effects which may at the time of my death be in or upon the dwellinghouse which shall then be occupied by me as the residence of my wife and myself

I bequeath all the residue of my personal estate and effects unto my said wife and my son George Bicknell Hogarth their executors administrators and assigns upon and for the trusts and intents and purposes hereinafter declared and contained of and comncerning the same I devise all my real estate unto and to the use of my said wife and my said son George Bicknell Hogarth their heirs and assigns upon and for the trusta intents and purposes hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same And I direct that my said wife and my said son George Bicknell Hogarth and the survivor of them and the heirs executors and administrators respectively of such survivor their heir and his assigns shall stand and be seized and possessed of my said real estate / except estates vested in me as a trustee or mortgagee / and of my residuary personal estate upon trust that they she or he shall sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with and out of the money produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of such part of my personal estate as shall consist of money pay my funeral testamentary expenses and debts and the legacies bequeathed by any codicil hereto and shall with the consent in writing of my said wife during so long as she shall remain my widow and after her decease or marriage at the discretion of the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will invest the residue of the said moneys in the names or name of the said trustees or trustee or under their his or her legal control in or upon any of the public stocks or funds or Government securities of the United Kingdom or in or upon stocks or securities of the Government of India or in the stocks of The Bank Of England commonly called Bank Stock or upon real or leasehold securities being held for a term whereof sixty years at least PAGE 3 shall be unexpired at the time of such investment and with liberty in the case of leasehold securities to waive the production of the lessor's title for in or upon the stocks shares or securities of any railway or other company in Great Britain or India incorporated by act of Parliament or Royal Charter with power for the said trustees or trustee from time to time with such consent or at such discretion as aforesaid to vary the said investments into or for others of the same or a like nature and shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust monies and the stocks funds shares and securities into or upon which the same shall from time to time be invested (hereinafter called the residuary trust funds) upon the trusts following that is to say in Trust for all my children living at my decease or born in due time afterwards who being a son or sons shall then have attained the age of twenty one years or shall afterwards attain that age *[*a daughter or daughters in have attained the twenty one years or [] married or shall to attain that age] or marry in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child the whole to be in trust for that one child provided always that if any child of me shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children who shall survive nad being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take and if more than one equally between them the share which his her or their parent would have taken of and in the residuary trust funds if such parent had survived me and attained the age of twenty one years And I declare that notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will shall stand and be possessed of such portions of the residuary trust funds and of the investments thereof as under the trusts hereinbefore declared any children or issue of my present marriage who may be living at my death may be interested in whether absolutely or contingently upon trust during so long as my said wife shall continue my widow to pay the income thereof accruing during such period to my said wife for her own use absolutely And from and after the decease or marriage of my said wife which event shall first happen upon and for trusts interests and purposes hereinbefore declared of and concerning the same And I declare that if at my death any child or grandchild of me entitled in expectancy to a share under this my will shall be an infant then and in every such caseb the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will shall apply the whole or such part as they or he shall think fit of the income of the expectant share of such infant for or towards his or her maintenance and education with liberty to pay the same to the guardian or any of the guardians of such infant for the purpose aforesaid without being liable to see to the application thereof and shall invest the residue if any of the said income and the resulting income thereof in the names or name of the said trustees or trustee in or upon any such stocks funds shares or securities as aforesaid so as to accumulate at compound interest with the liberty fromtime to time to vary the said investments into or for others of the same or a like nature and shall stand possessed of the said accumulations in trust for the person or persons who shall become entitled to the share from which the same shall have proceeded with liberty nevertheless for the said trustees or trustee from time to time to resort to the accumulations of any preceding year or years and to apply the same for or towards the maintenance or education of any person for the time presumptively entitled thereto provided always that the power of maintenance and education hereinbefore contained shall not so far as it is applicable to any child or children or other issue of me by my present wife being exercised during so long as she shall remain my widow

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And I empower the the said trustees or trustee at the discretion of the said trustees or trustee to raise any part or parts not exceeding together one moiety of the expectant share of any child or grandchild of me under this my Will and to apply the same for his or her advancement preferment or benefit as the said trustees or trustee at such discretion as aforesaid shall think fit Provided always that the power of advancement hereinbefore contained shall not be exersized in favour of any child or children or other issue of me by my present wife during so long as my said wife shall remain my widow except with her consent in writing first had and obtained And I declare that all benefits hereby conferred on any female shall be for her separate use free from the control debts and engagements of any husband with whom she may be married or may marry And I declare that any property hereby directed or authorized to be sold may be sold either together or in parcels and either by public auction or private contract and either with or without any special or other conditions or stipulations relative to title or otherwise and the trustees or trustee making such sale may buy in any property put up for sale by auction or any part thereof and may rescind or vary any contract for sale and may resell the property so bought in or the contract for the sale whereof shall have been so rescinded as aforesaid without being answerable for any loss or diminution in price and may execute [assurances] give effectual receipts for the purchase and do all acts and things for completing any such sale which they she or he may think proper And I declare that the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will may postpone the sale and conversion of my real and per- sonal estate or any part thereof for so long as they she or he may think fit and that the rents profits and income to accrue from and after my decease of and from such part of my real and personal estate as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall after payment thereout of all incidental expenses and outgoings to be paid and applied to the person or persons and in the manner to whom and in which the income of the monies produced by such sale and conversion would for the time being be payable or applicable under this my Will if such sale and con- version had been actually made And I empower the said trustees or trustee for the time being to let any hereditaments for the time being remaining unsold either from year to year or for any term of years at such rent and subject to such covenants as they she or he may think fit and also to accept surrender of leases and tenancies to fell timber and other trees standing on the said hereditaments whether for sale repairs or otherwise and generally the same in such manner as they she or he may think fit And I declare that the proceeds of any timber sold by the said trustees or trustee shall be considered as income and paid and applied accor- dingly Provided always and I hereby authorize the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will to adjust and settle all accounts and transact- ions relating to any business in which at the time of my death I may be or partner and to wind up the affairs and concerns thereof and ascertain the amount of my share and interest therein either according to the provisions of the aticles of partnership under which the said business shall be carried on at my decease or upon such other terms and in each other manner as may be agreed on between them her or him and my surviving partners or partner with power for the said trustees or trustee to refer to arbitration or otherwise to compromise or settle any question that may arise in or about the winding up of the said partnership business in such nas they she or he PAGE 5 may think fit and generally to do and execute all such acts and things in rela- tion to the premises as may appear to them her or him necessary or expediant without being answerable for any loss which may arise thereby And I author- ise the said trustees or trustee if they she or he in their her or his discretion think fit to permit the whole or any part of the amount which on taking the accounts of any such partnership as aforesaid shall appear to be due to my estate as and for my share and interest in the business of such partnership to remain in the same business as a loan for any period whatsoever but so that the same shall bear interest at the rate of at least five pounds per cent per annum And I empower the said trustees or trustee to make such loan without taking any security for the payment of the same and the interest payable therefor And I declare that if the trustees hereby appointed or either of them shall die in my lifetime or if they or either of them or any future trustee or trustees of this my Will shall die or desire to retire from or refuse or become incapable to act in the trusts of this my Will before the same shall be fully performed then and in every such case it shall be lawful for the continuing trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will or if they shall be no continuing trustee then for the retiring or refusing trustees or trustee or the executors or administrators of the last acting trustee to appoint any other person or persons to be a trustee in the place of the trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to retire or refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid with liberty upon any such appointment to increase or diminish the original number of trustees and upon every such appointment the trust premises shall be so conveyed and transferred that the same may become vested in the new trustee or trustees either jointly with the continuing trustee or trustees or solely as the case may require and every such new trustee as well before as after the trust premises shall have become vested in him shall have all the powers and autorities of the trustee in whose place he shall be substituted And as to all Estates which may be vested in me at the time of my death as a trustee or mortgagee I direct my said wife and my said son George Bicknell Hogarth to stand seized therof upon for and subject to the trusts equities affecting the same respectively but so that the money secured by any mortgage shall form part of my personal Estate I appoint my said wife and my said son George Bicknell Hogarth the Executrix and Executor of this my Will and I appoint my said wife during her life and after her death the said George Bicknell Hogarth Guardian of my infant children

In witness whereof I have to the first six sheets of this my Will and to this seventh and last sheet thereof set my hand this twenty fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and seventy two

J. Hogarth

Signed by the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who being both present at the same time in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Arthur E Fawdington, 43 Chancery Lane, Solr.
Wm. Downing, Clerk to Messrs. Cunliffe & Beaumont Sols. 43 Chancery Lane

96 Mount Street Grosvenor Square London W.
removed from 5 Haymarket.

The Mystery of The Rising Squall - Joseph Hogarth Will & Probate

Transcription of the Codicil

Joseph Hogarth was in possession of 'The Rising Squall' on 9th July 1864

Evidence for this is found in a Christie sale catalogue. Extracts from the catalogue; cover, page 3, page 15, pages 19-21 are shown below.

Two works by J. M. W. Turner appear as lots 151 and 152 on page 20.

The extent of the 'Hogarth Collection' is not known. There was a tendancy for catalogue compilers to place collections in alphabetical order by artists surnames, In this case there is a little group on page 19 from Collins (see Redford page 14 - seller not named) to Johnston. Another just Cuyp and Rosa, and another Callcott (Redford page 11, no seller) and Webb-Smith (lot 150); The two Turners then stand alone and are followed by S Prout for which there is no mention of this picture in Redford. It seems possible that Hogarth placed only the two Turners in this sale.

Joseph Hogarth's name does not appear in the catalogue. However, there are two pieces of evidence which confirm that these two lots were indeed part of his collection:

• 'Art Sales' by George Redford, published 1888, page 120 col.2, lines 13 & 14.
• Christie e-mail 4th November 2019.

Redford 'Art Sales:

Christie e-mail:

In lot 151 there is a reference to 'Rev. J. Nixon'. This is a misprint or misunderstanding of the Nixon connection to Turner. The paintings were originally in the collection of Rev. Robert Nixon. The writer confused this with the artist John Nixon who was not a clergyman. Rev. Robert Nixon gave these two paintings to his second son, Rev. Dr. Francis Russel Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania. The Bishop returned to London from Tasmania in 1862 and it appears that he sold some of his collection to Joseph Hogarth at that time.

In lot 152 there is a reference to 'Burnett's Life of Turner'. This is another misprint or misunderstanding. There was a collector called 'Burnett' but he did not write a 'Life of Turner'. The British Library confirmed this: