Figures by a Path in Hyde Park, London
Figures by a Path in Hyde Park, London
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Figures by a Path in Hyde Park, LondonSigned with initials verso: Hyde Park/Augt 8 1810/Wm J Habilla/He was going to school/next morning/WCWatercolour over pencil8.4 by 16.3 cm., 3 ¼ by 6 ¼ in.In early 1805, Crotch resigned all his Oxford posts except the Professorship and moved his family to London where he quickly built up a private musical teaching practice. He would return to Oxford every summer however to take part in concerts and official functions. He took a house in Great Portland Street but in June 1808 moved to no.2 Duchess Street, Marylebone.){kind=link}
Dr William Crotch (1775-1847)
Figures by a Path in Hyde Park, London
Signed with initials verso: Hyde Park/Augt 8 1810/Wm J Habilla/He was going to school/next morning/WC
Watercolour over pencil
8.4 by 16.3 cm., 3 ¼ by 6 ¼ in.
In early 1805, Crotch resigned all his Oxford posts except the Professorship and moved his family to London where he quickly built up a private musical teaching practice. He would return to Oxford every summer however to take part in concerts and official functions. He took a house in Great Portland Street but in June 1808 moved to no.2 Duchess Street, Marylebone.