Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Property from a private Northern Irish collection
The Court of the Lions from the Hall of Justice, Granada
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July 6, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a private Northern Irish collection
John Frederick Lewis, R.A.
London 1804 - 1876 Walton-on-Thames
The Court of the Lions from the Hall of Justice, Granada
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white on grey paper
374 by 273 mm
Engraved:
W. Gauci, lithographed for J.F. Lewis' Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra, 1835, pl. 20
Lewis set off for Spain in the summer of 1832, spending two months in Madrid before moving on in the autumn to Granada. He seems to have spent most of his time sketching in the Alhambra which captivated him. He was already planning the series of lithographs, Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra, which was published in 1835 on his return to England.
On 12 November, he left Granada for Cordova and Seville, where he was to meet the amateur artist Richard Ford, who was to become a friend and important patron. He returned with Ford to Granada in the summer of 1833 and stayed with him there at the Casa Sanchez for several months.
Another drawing of this subject preparatory to the lithograph but of more horizontal format, in which the girl in the foreground is replaced by a man, was sold at Christie’s, London, 4 November 1975, lot 135.