GEORGE FROST (1754-1821) Flowton Brook, Ipswich pencil inscribed in pen and ink on the mount 12.3 x 15.2 cm together with 17 further pencil drawings of various figurative and horse studies  various sizes all mounted, unframed (18) FOOTNOTE: George Frost had a natural and early love of drawing, and was self-taught as an artist. According to his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine: His productions, and more particularly his Drawings, were admirable, and exhibited abundant proofs of the character and genius of a Master. He studied nature with the closest attention, and in his attempts to delineate her beauties, was eminently successful. He was an accurate observer of her in all her appearances, and possessed a characteristic touch for all her forms. The subjects which he selected were such as did credit to his taste and judgment; and whatever came from his pencil bore the impress of originality and truth, and evinced, in a bold and masterly manner,the local character and features of the County In which he resided. He was a great admirer and imitator of Gainsborough, and possessed some paintings and drawings by him, notably "The Mall", of which he executed a careful copy when in his 77th year. He was also a close friend of John Constable. His employment at Ipswich caused him to limit his subjects to that town and its neighbourhood, and he was little known elsewhere.