Lot 39
  • 39

CHARLES SILLEM LIDDERDALE | The New Puppy

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Sillem Lidderdale, R.B.A.
  • The New Puppy
  • signed with monogram l.r.
  • watercolour over pencil
  • 43 by 34cm., 17 by 13½in.

Provenance

Purchased in the 1980s from Doyle's, New York by the present owner

Condition

This watercolour is in good overall condition. The paper is flat and there are no obvious condition problems. The picture is ready to hang. FRAME The picture is contained in a simple gilt frame and under glass.
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Catalogue Note

An oil version of the present composition was painted in 1884 and titled A Foster Mother (sold in these rooms, 17 May 2011, lot 61).