Lot 15
  • 15

EDWARD CALVERT | The Chamber Idyll (L. 15b)

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • After Edward Calvert
  • The Chamber Idyll (L. 15b)
  • wood engraving, from A Memoir of Edward Calvert by His Third Son, a delicate impression of the second (final) state, on thick wove paper
  • image: 4.2 by 7.8cm.; 1⅝ by 3in.; sheet: 10.4 by 14.6cm.; 4 1/8 by 5 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1831, the present work is from the edition of 350.

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition, the lower right corner trimmed diagonally, very pale paper dicoloration, minor skinning in the left margin (only visible in a raking light), framed.
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