George Arnald ARA
George Arnald ARA, Barrière du Trône, Paris – Original c.1818 graphite drawing
George Arnald ARA, Barrière du Trône, Paris – Original c.1818 graphite drawing
George Arnald ARA, Barrière du Trône, Paris – Original c.1818 graphite drawing

George Arnald ARA Barrière du Trône, Paris

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An original c.1818 graphite drawing, George Arnald ARA, Barrière du Trône, Paris.

A wonderful small topographical sketch by George Arnald ARA (1763–1841) showing the Trône Barrier and column in post-Napoleonic Paris. Constructed as part of the Wall of the Farmers General in the 18th century by the Place de la Nation, the columns were not adorned with statues until the 19th century—after this sketch was drawn.

This is one of a set of five Paris subjects we have for sale, likely executed on Arnald's 1818 tour of France. The sketches have an energetic, illustrative quality—the views drawn from unusual vantage points, and featuring vigorous foliage and small blotted figures.

In 1824 Arnald published a series drawings from his French travels entitled 'Picturesque scenery on the river Meuse, from the city of Leige to that of Mézières', engraved by eminent artists such as Samuel William Reynolds, Henry Edward Dawe and Charles Turner.

The paper has been professionally laid down at the edges onto a backing paper support, with the verso visible, as shown.

Provenance: William Drummond (Covent Garden Gallery, London). Christie's 7 December 2016.

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George Arnald ARA (1763–1841)

George Arnald ARA (1763–1841) specialised in landscape subjects, including topographical views to illustrated country histories. He is best known for his most celebrated and ambitious work ‘The Destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile’, now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He was a student of the landscape painter and engraver William Pether (c.1738–1821), a friend of fellow painter John Varley (1778–1842) with whom he toured Wales, and later in his career he tutored the portrait painter Henry William Pickersgill (1782–1875).

Little is known about Arnald’s early life; accounts variously give his birth place as Farndip (now Farndish) in Northamptonshire (now Bedfordshire) or Berkshire. He went on to exhibit 176 works at the Royal Academy and was elected an associate member in 1810. He also exhibited 63 works at the British Institution.

George Arnald’s works are held in a number of public collections, including the Yale Centre for British Art, Tate, Royal Academy of Art, National Portrait Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Dimensions: Height: 11.1cm (4.37") Width: 8.7cm (3.43")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Graphite

Age: Early 19th-century

Signed: No.

Inscribed: Inscribed in pencil at the lower edge: 'Barrier Paris Aug.20'.

Dated: --

Condition: In good condition for its age. There is very slight toning to the far corners where the paper has been adhered to the backing, and a very small crease across the far lower right corner, smoothed out by the backing paper.

Stock number: JK-968