STYLE: Private Collections
STYLE: Private Collections
Property from the Estate of John Bedford
TWO GEORGE III 'GRAND TOUR' WOOLWORK VIEWS OF ROMAN MOUNMENTS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 12, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of John Bedford
TWO GEORGE III 'GRAND TOUR' WOOLWORK VIEWS OF ROMAN MOUNMENTS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
after prints, framed and glazed, the reverse of each frame inscribed in ink 'The Rev'd Mr. Charles Sturges / Ealing Middlesex / To [*] Care of Mr Hunter'
overall 49cm. by 61.5cm.; 1ft. 7¼in. by 2ft.
Possibly worked or owned by the Reverened Charles Sturges who is recorded as vicar of Ealing between 1775 and 1797 (Thomas Faulkner, ...Chelsea and its Environs, London, 1810, p.59). The Reverend's initials possibly those worked in the plinth of Trajan's Column.