Lot 580
  • 580

English School, 19th Century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • English School, 19th century
  • Views of the English Countryside: A group of twenty drawings
  • each inscribed with a location on the backing paper; some numbered at the upper right corner
  • each watercolor on paper
  • each, sight: 6 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.
  • 16.5 by 21.6 cm

Condition

Not examined out of frame. Overall fair condition. Mild fading and light toning. Acidic matte.
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Catalogue Note

Five framed sets of 4 drawings. Each group of drawings with locations, likely from a later hand, on the backing paper.

The first: numbered 24 upper right recto, At Charlton Kings; At Charlton Kings; At Leckhampton near Cheltenham; At Charlton Kings.

The second: On the road from Cheltenham to Dowdeswell; Dowdeswell near Cheltenham; Dowdeswell Park; The Hill House Dowdeswell.

The third: numbered 23 upper right recto, The Chapel at Sudeley Castle; Part of Sudeley Castle & Wynchcombe; numbered 2* upper right recto, Part of Rochester Castle; numbered 17 upper right recto, Prestbury near Cheltenham.

The fourth: BirdlipDistant View of Gloucester from Birdlip; numbered 21 upper right recto, Part of Cheltenham; numbered 18 upper right recto, At Allstone near Cheltenham.

The fifth: View of Hill from Kingsbury - Harrow(?) in the distance; numbered 1 upper right, recto and Remains of a Roman Villa discovered at Witcombe the seat of Sir William Hicks; numbered 2 upper right recto, At Broadslain; numbered 6 upper right rectoSt. Laurence near Ramsgate.