Julius Caesar Ibbetson (Fulneck 1759-1817 Masham) Harvest field, Roslin, Midlothian signed, inscribed and dated 'Julius Ibbetson. Roslin del/1800' (lower left) pen, grey ink and watercolour on paper 21.5 x 30.3cm (8 7/16 x 11 15/16in). Footnotes: Provenance Countess of Balcarres Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, wife of R.E.Heathcote J.H.Heathcote Swinton Park Collection With Spink, London Private Collection, UK Literature R.M.Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, London, 1948, p. 68, ill. p. 101 In 1800 the dealer Thomas Vernon commissioned Ibbetson to paint a number of Scottish subjects; he left his home at Rydal first for Edinburgh and then Roslin where he shared lodgings with Lady Balcarres and her daughters Lady Elizabeth and Lady Anne Lindsay to whom he also gave drawing lessons. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com