Lot 229
  • 229

Thomas Shotter Boys 1803-1874

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Description

  • Thomas Shotter Boys
  • fort St. Aubins, Jersey
  • inscribed l.l.: Fort at St. Aubins
  • watercolour over pencil
  • 12.7 by 35 cm.; 5 by 13 1/2 in.

Provenance

Agnew's, London

Exhibited

Winchester, Winchester College Exhibition, June 1963;
Stroud, Stroud Festival Silver Jubilee Exhibition, 1971;
The Albany Gallery, London, 1973

Condition

The work is in good condition. The sheet has not been laid down, it has been attached to the mount along the extreme edges. The medium remains strong. The blues in the sky have perhaps faded a little. Overall the work has been well preserved.
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