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ROWLANDSON, 'BONFIRE AT THORPE HALL...', DRAWING AND PRINT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description
- Rowlandson, Thomas
- 'Bonfire at Thorpe Hall near Louth Lincolnshire on 5th Novr 1813 given by Revd W.C. to the boys belonging to the Seminary at Louth in consequence of the 5tth of Novr and the arrival of news of the Decisive Defeat of Napolean [sic] Bonaparte by the Allies'
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343 by 241mm., preliminary pencil drawing, inscribed in pen and brown ink; mounted, framed and glazed [together with] 368 by 260mm., handcoloured etching (George, 12102; Grego, 11, p260), mounted, framed and glazed
Catalogue Note
The image celebrates the defeat of Napoleon by the Allies in 1813.