Lot 342
  • 342

Edward Dayes

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edward Dayes
  • Salisbury Cathedral
  • Watercolour over pencil;
    signed on a fragment of the original mount (preserved on the back-board): Edwd Dayes 1793
  • 165 by 215 mm

Provenance

With The Fine Art Society, London, October 1945;
sale London, Sotheby's, 25 November 1999, lot 14

Engraved:

by F. Jukes, in aquatint, March 1798

Condition

The colours are well preserved in this watercolour. The sheet has darkened very slightly, but this is hardly noticeable. The work is very well presented.
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