Sale 205 Lot 1240

MOSES WEBSTER (English, 1792 - 1870). An Artist Sketching Plein Air while at the Scottish Highlands, 1865, Oil on canvas. Signed and dated "Moses Webster 1865" lower right. Framed. - Sight: 39 x 54.25 inches;
Estimate $4,000-5,600

ARTIST PROFILE: Painter of porcelain who replaced William Billingsley at the Derby Porcelain factory. Like Billingsley, Webster specialised in painting flowers. In the second decade of the nineteenth century Webster moved to the Nantgarw pottery, which was established by Billingsley in 1813. He later wroked as a watercolourist.