Lot 141: John Baptist Malchair (Cologne 1731-1812 Oxford)

John Baptist Malchair (Cologne 1731-1812 Oxford)
View of Treadwell's garden, St. Toles, Oxford (illustrated); The Thames at Hampton; View from Magdalen Bridge, Oxford; and A distant view of an unidentified church
the first inscribed and dated 'In Treadwells Garden, Sυt. Toles - Oxon - July 21 - 1' (on the reverse); the second inscribed and dated 'A view upon the Thames at Hampton./Oct. 2. 1776.' (on the reverse); the third inscribed and dated '23 of June 1775 - From Magdalen/Bridge, Oxford.' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, two with pencil and grey wash, on paper, unframed
11 3/8 x 18 in. (29 x 45.7 cm.); and smaller (4)

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
A violinist, as well as an artist, John Baptist Malchair held the position of leader of the band in the Music Room at Oxford from 1759 to 1792. He was very influential as a drawing master amongst the undergraduates, and his pupils included William Henry Barnard (see lot 156) and William Crotch (see lot 155).