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San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna

San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna

Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

The Orchard

The Orchard

Salome with the head of John the Baptist

Salome with the head of John the Baptist

A Woman asleep in a Chair

A Woman asleep in a Chair

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ARTISTS Thomas Heaphy the Elder
(attributed to)
John Varley OWS Muriel Minter Joshua Cristall POWS William Henry Hunt OWS
Height 20.5 cm (8.1") 25.5 cm (10") 37.5 cm (14.8") 27 cm (10.6") 11.5 cm (4.5")
Width 30 cm (11.8") 35.5 cm (14") 47.5 cm (18.7") 32.5 cm (12.8") 10 cm (3.9")
Framed height 35 cm (13.8") 40 cm (15.7") 48 cm (18.9") 42.5 cm (16.7") 27.5 cm (10.8")
Framed width 43 cm (16.9") 52 cm (20.5") 58.5 cm (23") 47.5 cm (18.7") 22.5 cm (8.9")
Year c.1820-30 1825 c.1930-60 c.1820-30 c.1830
Medium Watercolour Watercolour, with gum, scraping out and bodycolour over graphite Watercolour Graphite
Provenance Probably The Rt. Hon. Charles Townsend (1785-1953), with The Fine Art Society, London. Henry Scipio Reitlinger Collection, possibly his sale Sotheby's 9th December 1953, Private Collection
EXHIBITIONS Probably no.171, Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1826 (purchased for 6 gens. by Lord C. Townsend).
Condition There is some fading and restoration in the sky, where spotting has been repaired, but otherwise the colours are strong.