William Wyld 1806-1889

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Description

William Wyld
The Doge's Palace, Venice
signed l.r.: Wllm Wyld 1834
watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour, unframed

Catalogue Note

This dates from Wyld's trip to Italy in 1834. The year before he had travelled to Algeria where he spent six months sketching and drawing. By chance he met his friend, Horace Vernet, there whom he knew from Paris. Vernet was then Director of the French Academy in Rome and invited Wyld to go back to Italy with him