ON PAPER: DRAWINGS FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE MODERN DAY
TEXAS, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2026
Abbott and Holder
Email: tomedwards@abbottandholder.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7637 3981
Abbott and Holder was established in 1936 and has been in its current location near the British Museum since 1984. The company specialises in British works of art from the Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries. We publish a monthly ‘List’ introducing 100 new works to our stock and host regular exhibitions. We also show at The British Art Fair, the London Original Print Fair, The BADA Art and Antiques Fair Rutland and Master Drawings New York.
Tom Edwards joined Abbott and Holder in 2003. He became a Director in 2012 and since 2021 has been sole owner and Managing Director. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars, a Council Member of the British Antiques Dealers Association and a Trustee of the Fine Arts Provident Institution.
ARTWORKS
ANON
(Eighteenth century)
Le Triomphe de la Coquetterie, c. 1780
Pen, ink and monochrome wash
13 ½ x 19 in. (343 x 483 mm)
Henry Moore O.M. C.H.
(Yorkshire 1898–1986 Hertfordshire)
Studies for Sculpture, 1932
Pen, brush and ink
14 ½ x 6 ½ in. (368 x 165 mm)
George Richmond R.A.
(London 1809–1896 London)
Portrait of Samuel Palmer (1805-1881), c.1829-1830
Pen and ink
4 x 6 ¼ in. (102 x 159 mm)
Verso: a figure study related to Richmond’s engraving ‘Christ The Good Shepherd’ (1827)
Graham Sutherland O.M.
(London 1903–1980 London)
Study for Furnaces, 1944
Pen, ink, watercolour, gouache and wax crayon
10 ¾ x 21 ¾ in. (273 x 552 mm)
John Piper C.H.
(Surrey 1903–1992 Buckinghamshire)
'Drop Curtain, Loxford'; design for Benjamin Britten's 'Albert Herring', Glyndebourne, 1947
Pen, ink, watercolour, gouache and collage
15 x 20 in. (381 x 508 mm)
Signed, inscribed and titled to the original backboard
Paul Sandby R.A.
(Nottingham 1731–1809 London)
View of the North Terrace Looking Eastwards, 1768
Gouache
15 ¾ x 22 ¼ in. (400 x 565 mm)
20 ¼ x 26 ¾ in. (514 x 679 mm)
Titled and dated to the original backboard