Bernard William Roland Batchelor continues to be a much-loved artist, primarily because he could capture a scene full of warmth, movement and spontaneity with such a lightness of touch. These qualities are very evident in this group of watercolours from Roland''s sketchbooks. They depict the landing stage, boat houses and riverside at Richmond upon Thames. As you would expect from sketches, they are unsigned. When we acquired them from a friend of Roland''s, the mounted watercolours had protective cellophane around them with labels about the artist and subject. The wrappers had to be removed so they could be photographed, however, the labels will be carefully detached and given to the buyer. These charming watercolours are being offered in a mounted but unframed state. In our opinion, they would look particularly attractive as one group in a single frame. Whether he was painting in Richmond upon Thames or in his beloved rural France, Roland had a wonderful ability to convey human inte...