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Property from an American Private Collection

John Steven Dews

Droits De L'Homme Versus Infatigable (Commanded by Pellew), In The Distance The Amazon, Circa 1796

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December 9, 04:51 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from an American Private Collection

John Steven Dews

British

b. 1949

Droits De L'Homme Versus Infatigable (Commanded by Pellew), In The Distance The Amazon, Circa 1796


signed J. Steven Dews lower left and titled  DROITS DE L'A HOMME V. INFATIGABLE (COMMANDED BY PELLEW) / IN DISTANCE THE AMAZON / CIRCA 1796 on a label attached to the reverse

oil on canvas

Unframed: 76 by 112cm.; 30 by 44in.

Framed: 91 by 126cm., 36 by 49½in.

Commissioned by a private collector in 1979
Sotheby's, London, 5 October 2005, 'Trafalgar: Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars', lot 127