Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes

Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes

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William Simpson

Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay

Lot Closed

September 23, 03:11 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

William Simpson

Glasgow 1823 - 1899 London

Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay


Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour;

signed and dated lower right: Wm Simpson 1862, inscribed lower left: Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay, unframed 

342 by 495 mm

With The Chris Beetles Gallery, London
Preliminary drawing for The Illustrated London News, 21 September 1867, p. 312
For information on the construction of the railway lines please see the previous lot.