Lot 254
  • 254

Adam Callander

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Adam Callander
  • Figures dancing and playing musical instruments in a Claudian landscape
  • Bodycolour over pencil, on laid paper, unframed;
    signed, lower left: Callander P. / 1798

Provenance

With The Fine Art Society, London, by 1970, by whom sold in 1970 to Walter Brandt (1917-1977);
thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

The medium in this work has been well preserved. The paper has discoloured very slightly. Around the extreme edges of the sheet there are approximately eight small paper losses. There are also several associated tears. This work has not been laid down.
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