* Serres (Dominic Michael, 1722-1793). Landscape with figures, watercolour on card, laid down on paper and edged with a border of brown card, depicting a wooded landscape, with rocks in the foreground, and three country figures on a winding road, one mounted sideways on a grey pony, signed lower right, toned, some minor marks and slight surface lifting, 39.5 x 62.5cm (15.5 x 24.5ins)Qty: (1)NOTESAlthough French-born, Dominic Serres is strongly associated with the English school of painting. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1788, and was briefly its librarian, from 1792 until his death. Serres first left France to journey to Spain and become a ship's captain, sailing to Cuba. He was captured by the British navy towards the end of the 1740s, and he eventually settled in London in about 1758, where it is believed he trained as a painter in Northamptonshire, and later in London under Charles Brooking. He is best-known for his naval and marine paintings, reflecting his earlier career.