Lot 163
  • 163

Sir David Muirhead Bone, H.R.S.A., H.R.W.S.

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Muirhead Bone
  • oxford
  • signed and inscribed l.r.: Muirhead Bone/ Ap 21 1931 - with warmest admiration; further inscribed l.l.: Oxford 
  • pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
  • 21.5 by 28 cm.; 8 ½ by 11 in.

Provenance

Mercury Gallery, London,  where bought by Sir David Scott, 26 February 1969 for £65

Condition

STRUCTURE The work is on wove paper which has been laid down. The lower edge of the sheet is serrated. The edges of the sheet are slightly dirty but otherwise the sheet is in good overall condition. SURFACE The surface of the sheet is in good overall condition. FRAME Held under glass and presented within a mount in a simple gilded rectilinear frame.
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