Julius Caesar Ibbetson

Lot Description Julius Caesar Ibbetson (Farnley Moor, Leeds 1759-1817 Marsham) Portrait of a boy, full-length, in a frock coat, a green striped waistcoat and a neckcloth, beige breeches and stockings, holding a drawing and a sketchbook, resting in a rocky landscape signed and dated 'Julius Ibbetson f 1784' (lower centre) oil on canvas 23 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (60.6 x 46 cm.) in a contemporary gilt composition frame Provenance G. Edwin Crisp (d. 1905); Miss E. Crisp; Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1936, lot 128. with Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, London. P.M. Turner Esq. with Wildenstein. Lt. Colonel V. Cazalet, M.C., M.P., and by descent to the present owner. Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOT 127) Literature R.M. Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson 1759-1817, London, 1948, p. 111, pl. 109. Exhibited Leeds, 1948, no. 23. London, Kenwood House, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817. An exhibition of his works assembled at the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, June-September 1957, no. 19.

LOT 270 JULIUS CAESAR IBBETSON LEEDS 1759 - 1817 MASHAM THE CATCHING OF A SHARK Watercolour over traces of pencil, heightened with pen and blackink, unframed: inscribed in pen and black ink, on the backboard: Inside ofthe Vestal Frigate / Capt Sir R. Strachan / catching of a Shark 16½ feet long / John Hawker, Carpenter hit down by its tail - /By J Ibbetson in 1793 - / who went out as Draughtsman / with theEnglish Embassy to China; further indistinctly inscribed inpencil 176 by 245 mm

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, b. Farnley Moor, Leeds1759, d. 1817 "Ingleton Falls, Yorks[hire]". Unsigned. Inscribed on the stretcher J. C. Ibbetson1809. Oil on canvas mounted on canvas. 91 x 76cm. Numerous minimal crackles. Onelarger and a few minor repairs / patches on the reverse. Minimal peelings. Canvas with two holes (c. 0.5 and 1.0 cm).

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, b. Farnley Moor, Leeds1759, d. 1817 "Ingleton Falls, Yorks[hire]". Unsigned. Inscribed on the stretcher J. C. Ibbetson1809. Oil on canvas mounted on canvas. 91 x 76cm. Numerous minimal crackles. Onelarger and a few minor repairs / patches on the reverse. Minimal peelings. Canvas with two holes (c. 0.5 and 1.0 cm).

LOT 353 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION JULIUS CAESAR IBBETSON LEEDS 1759 - 1817 MASHAM MARKET DAY, MASHAM signed and dated lower right: J Ibbetson / 1811 oil on canvas 30,000—50,000 USD measurements note 13 1/2 by 17 1/2 in.; 34.3 by 44.5 cm. signed and dated lower right: J Ibbetson / 1811 Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC, England;Thence by descent;Anonymous sale (The Property of a Gentleman), London, Sotheby's, 10July 1991, lot 82;There purchased by the present collector. Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817,22 September - 31 October 1948, no. 57. R.M. Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817, London 1948, p.123. Masham, lying to the north-west of Ripon, Yorkshire, was amanufacturing town, whose staple industry was wool-combing.Ibbetson first visited Masham in 1803, before settling therepermanently in 1805. The market was held in the town's immensesquare, and Ibbsetson painted the marketplace on a number ofoccasions, including the present composition, dated 1811. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC, England;Thence by descent;Anonymous sale (The Property of a Gentleman), London, Sotheby's, 10July 1991, lot 82;There purchased by the present collector. Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817,22 September - 31 October 1948, no. 57. R.M. Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817, London 1948, p.123. Masham, lying to the north-west of Ripon, Yorkshire, was amanufacturing town, whose staple industry was wool-combing.Ibbetson first visited Masham in 1803, before settling therepermanently in 1805. The market was held in the town's immensesquare, and Ibbsetson painted the marketplace on a number ofoccasions, including the present composition, dated 1811.