John Laporte 18th.Century Gouache River Landscape Circa.1790 Portrait Jean-Baptiste Babin Obt

Jean-Baptiste Babin Obt

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1787-1874 Watercolour Portrait of Robert Stewart

After the First World War

laid down to card

John Laporte 18th.Century Gouache River Landscape Circa.1790 Portrait Jean-Baptiste Babin ObtJohn Laporte 1761 1839. Irish School 18th. Century. Rustic figure in an extensive landscape. Bodycolour on laid paper in original 18th. Century carved fruitwood frame. 22 by 15. 5 cms image. 28. 8 by 22. 4 cms. Framed. Laporte was very much influenced by Paul Sandby's topographical style. He had a considerable practice as a drawing master in London, teaching amongst others Dr Thomas Monro, who was the great early patron of both Turner and Girtin. The