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A most Exceptional Pair of Silkwork Pictures

Stock No

3727

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2015
  • £4,800.00
  • €5,597 Euro
  • $6,003 US Dollar

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Item Description

The Sailor Boy's Return from a Prosperous Voyage. A Shipwreck'd Sailor Boy telling his Story at a Cottage Door.
An exceptional pair of silkwork pictures with chenile thatch and foliage.
The faces and backgound finely executed in watercolour over the silk support; all retaining excellent colour.
Within the original gilt gesso frames with a running pattern of honey-suckle and lily and with a bright burnished hollow.
French circa 1800.
The images derived from the original works by William Redmore Bigg (British, 1755–1828), published by Thomas Gaugain in 1791.
o.s: 23 in x 20 in


Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

19th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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