Sir James Thornhill (Dorset 1675-1734 Stalbridge) A preparatory sketch for the mural on the East Wall in All Souls Chapel, Oxford pen, brown ink and grey wash on laid paper, watermark 'Pro Patria' with a maid and rampant lion in a fenced garden 28.7 x 20cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8in). framed: 38.3 x 33cm Footnotes: Thornhill was commissioned to decorate the east wall of All Souls in 1714 after the reredos that preceded it was badly damaged. The subject he chose was that of Resurrection, featuring the apotheosis of the founder of the college, Archbishop Henry Chichele (c.1364-1443). The presentation design, which is more finished and varies from the present drawing, is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (WA2002.26). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing