John Linnell (British, 1792-1882) A view at a ford on the River Medway with cattle, gypsies and donkeys beside a pollarded willow, a church tower in the distance signed or inscribed 'On the Medway / John Linnell' (on an old label to the reverse) oil on canvas, in a period frame 89.5 x 181cm Provenance: Mr John Farnworth of Woolton, Mayor of Liverpool (1865-66), His Sale, Christie's, London, 18th May 1874 (see Literature), Acquired by Agnew's for 1,250 guineas (see Literature), Presumably sold to James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey (1846-1936); Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 21st March 1969, lot 128, when acquired for a Spanish private collection Footnote: Literature: The Art Journal, vol. XIII, London, 1874, p. 221; George Redford, Art Sales: A History of Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art..., London, 1888, vol II, p. 73