Conversation One Click on picture for second version   The Getty Provenance Database records the sale of a painting attributed to Monamy, described as "The Artist exhibiting a Picture". The buyer was unknown, but the price was £1.17. Does this mean £1-17-0, one might ask, or 117% of £1? The sale took place in Liverpool on April 12th, 1810, and the auction-house was Winstanley. Looking at the above two paintings it seems to me very likely that the version at right is the one in question. Gawen Hamilton mr thomas walker page one         page two         page three         page four the two conversation pieces another conversation piece more on vauxhall gardens title page     introduction     background article 1981     article 1983 monamy website index top © Charles Harrison Wallace 2005 all rights reserved mail cichw-0@cichw.net