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James Duffield Harding, O.W.S.

View of Florence

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July 6, 02:31 PM GMT

Estimate

400 - 600 GBP

Lot Details

Description

James Duffield Harding, O.W.S.

Deptford 1797 - 1863 Barnes, Surrey

View of Florence


Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with touches of scratching out and gum arabic

203 by 292 mm

Engraved


by E. Goodall for Le Simplon et l'Italie septentrionale: promenades et pèlerinages, 1843

Harding was originally trained as an engraver but, disliking the medium, he soon began to concentrate on watercolour. He travelled in Italy in 1824, 1831, 1834 and 1845.