Lot 151
  • 151

Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes
  • Fetching Water
  • signed l.l.: E FORBES
  • watercolour with gouache and black chalk
  • 44 by 31cm., 17 by 13in.

Literature

Judith Cook, Melissa Hardie and Christiana Payne, Singing for the Walls - The Art and Life of Elizabeth Forbes, 2000. illustrated p. 106

Condition

STRUCTURE This watercolour is in excellent original condition with bright colours throughout and no visible condition problems or damages. The picture is ready to hang. FRAME This picture is contained in a simple gilt frame, with a clean mount and under glass; unexamined out of frame.
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