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Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davis, Bristol, Sold Without Reserve

John Frederick Lewis, R.A.

Study of a Neapolitan girl

No reserve

Auction Closed

May 22, 04:37 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davis, Bristol, Sold Without Reserve

John Frederick Lewis, R.A.

London 1804 - 1876 Walton-on-Thames

Study of a Neapolitan girl 


watercolor and bodycolor over black chalk 

sheet: 14 by 10 ⅞ in.; 35.6 by 27.6 cm

Sir Bruce Ingram, O.B.E., M.C. (1877-1963), London;

Sale, London, Christie's, 17 June 1955, lot 163;

With Walker Galleries, London;

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 November 1992, lot 130;

Where acquired by the late owner.

Hugh Stokes, "John Frederick Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876)," Walker's Quarterly, 1929, p. 48, reproduced;

Luke Herrmann, "Victorian Vision of Italy," Country Life, vol. CXLIV, 1968, p. 969;

Major-General Michael Lewis, C.B.E., John Frederick Lewis, R.A., Leigh-on-Sea 1978, no. 321.

Leicester Museums and Art Gallery, The Victorian Vision of Italy, 1825-1875, 11 October-10 November 1968, no. 48

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, John Frederick Lewis, R.A., 1 October-6 November 1971, no. 38