THE HON. CHARLES GORE (1729-1807) A GROUP OF 19 WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS to comprise a panorama of Plymouth, inscribed, 21.5 x 45cm.; another similar, 19.5 x 42.5cm.; Riviera de Genoa, inscribed, 13 x 40cm.; North View of Gibraltar, inscribed, badly torn, 14.5 x 40.5cm.; Needles, Isle of Wight, inscribed, 14 x 36.5cm.; Loo in Cornwall, signed and inscribed C. Gore 1772, 12 x 30cm.; Isola Bella, inscribed, 8 x 17cm.; Dutch Pilot, 1771, inscribed, 12.5 x 14cm.; and eleven various marine sketches showing small craft, men of war and frigates, the largest 20 x 31cm, the smallest 10 x 10cm.; principally pen and ink and wash, some with pencil and/or watercolour; and another, attributed to the same hand (20) Provenance: The May family, who were vintners in Lisbon in the late 18th Century. A member of the family was a godchild of Gore. Thence by descent to the late Miss Joan May, by whose executors it has been requested that these drawings are to be sold for the benefit of The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Further works from the May family are in the Museum's collection. * Gore epitomised the informal skills of the English amateur. After leaving his native Lincolnshire where he had grown up in the affluent home of his merchant father, he worked briefly with his uncle in London before marrying the wealthy Mary Cockerill. They settled in Southampton after his father's death and Gore sailed his cutter `Snail` up and down the English Channel in the company of the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Cumberland. Gore and his wife travelled to Weimar and to Lisbon, seeking warm weather for the benefit of his Mary's health. From Lisbon, they journeyed to Gibraltar, Port Mahon and Livorno. Zoffany painted the family upon the occasion of Gore's daughter's marriage to George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper. From bases in Rome, Naples and Florence, Gore associated with Richard Payne Knight and Philipp Hackert until 1778 and had the honour of watching his drawings worked up by John Robert Cozens. Hackert accompanied Gore to Switzerland, Venice, France, Austria and back to England. Mary Gore died in 1785. Charles Gore then settled in Weimar at the Jagerhaus as a member of the Ducal Court. The home had been previously occupied by Johann von Goethe, who wrote Gore's biography.
THE HON. CHARLES GORE (1729-1807) A GROUP OF 19 WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS to comprise a panorama of Plymouth, inscribed, 21.5 x 45cm.; another similar, 19.5 x 42.5cm.; Riviera de Genoa, inscribed, 13 x 40cm.; North View of Gibraltar, inscribed, badly torn, 14.5 x 40.5cm.; Needles, Isle of Wight, inscribed, 14 x 36.5cm.; Loo in Cornwall, signed and inscribed C. Gore 1772, 12 x 30cm.; Isola Bella, inscribed, 8 x 17cm.; Dutch Pilot, 1771, inscribed, 12.5 x 14cm.; and eleven various marine sketches showing small craft, men of war and frigates, the largest 20 x 31cm, the smallest 10 x 10cm.; principally pen and ink and wash, some with pencil and/or watercolour; and another, attributed to the same hand (20) Provenance: The May family, who were vintners in Lisbon in the late 18th Century. A member of the family was a godchild of Gore. Thence by descent to the late Miss Joan May, by whose executors it has been requested that these drawings are to be sold for the benefit of The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Further works from the May family are in the Museum's collection. * Gore epitomised the informal skills of the English amateur. After leaving his native Lincolnshire where he had grown up in the affluent home of his merchant father, he worked briefly with his uncle in London before marrying the wealthy Mary Cockerill. They settled in Southampton after his father's death and Gore sailed his cutter `Snail` up and down the English Channel in the company of the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Cumberland. Gore and his wife travelled to Weimar and to Lisbon, seeking warm weather for the benefit of his Mary's health. From Lisbon, they journeyed to Gibraltar, Port Mahon and Livorno. Zoffany painted the family upon the occasion of Gore's daughter's marriage to George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper. From bases in Rome, Naples and Florence, Gore associated with Richard Payne Knight and Philipp Hackert until 1778 and had the honour of watching his drawings worked up by John Robert Cozens. Hackert accompanied Gore to Switzerland, Venice, France, Austria and back to England. Mary Gore died in 1785. Charles Gore then settled in Weimar at the Jagerhaus as a member of the Ducal Court. The home had been previously occupied by Johann von Goethe, who wrote Gore's biography.
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