…; probably collection John Evelyn (1620-1706), Wotton, Surrey;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Mrs N.E.F. Beatty et al. [section 'Trustees of the Wills of John Harcourt Chichester Evelyn and Major Peter George Evelyn'], London (Christie’s), 6 July 1977; Aanwinsten 1991, p. 314.} by descent to John Harcourt Chichester Evelyn (1876-1922) Wotton, Surrey;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Mrs N.E.F. Beatty et al. [section 'Trustees of the Wills of John Harcourt Chichester Evelyn and Major Peter George Evelyn'], London (Christie’s), 6 July 1977.} his son, Major Peter George Evelyn (1909-1943); sale, Mrs N.E.F. Beatty et al. [section 'Trustees of the Wills of John Harcourt Chichester Evelyn and Major Peter George Evelyn'], London (Christie’s), 6 July 1977, no. 3, as Circle of Nicolo dell’Abbate, £ 1,100;{Copy RMA.}…; collection Lodewijk Arnold Houthakker (1926-2008), Amsterdam;{Coll. cat. Houthakker 1989, pp. 178-179, no. 149.} from whom, with xx other drawings en bloc to the dealer Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London;{Verslagen 1991, p. 39.} from whom, £ 22,000, to the museum, 1991
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