Lot 40
  • 40

Arthur Melville

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Arthur Melville
  • the babylonian girl
  • signed, dated and inscribed l.l.: Arthur Melville / Babylon / 1883
  • watercolour

Provenance

Mrs. Arthur Melville by 1908;
Private Collection

Exhibited

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, 1906, no. 27;
Nottingham, Nottingham Art Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, 1907, no. 33;
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1908, no. 146

Condition

There are a number of very small woodworm holes (approximately six) to the lower right quadrant. Some very minor spots of foxing but otherwise good overall condition. Held in a decorative gold painted frame under glass and unexamined out of frame.
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