Lot 391
After George Richmond (1890-1896) Charlotte Brontë
Hammer Price: £550
Description
After George Richmond (1809-1896) Charlotte Brontë, watercolour and gouache, heightened with white, on buff paper, signed and bears date 'B W James/ 1854' lower right, further inscribed 'Miss Charlotte Brontë/ Authoress of "Jane Eyre"/ "Villette", "Shirley"' verso, oval, 200 x 150 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in), under glass, minor scuffs and rubbing in places § Hunt (George Sidney, 1856-1925) Charlotte Brontë, mezzotint printed in colours, signed in pencil lower right, Printsellers' Association blindstamp lower left, on wove paper, 335 x 230 mm. (13 1/4 x 9 in), unframed with full margins, The Museum Galleries, 1922 (2).
⁂ The watercolour is possibly copied after the reproductive engraving of the portrait executed by John Carr Armytage (1802-1897).
Description
After George Richmond (1809-1896) Charlotte Brontë, watercolour and gouache, heightened with white, on buff paper, signed and bears date 'B W James/ 1854' lower right, further inscribed 'Miss Charlotte Brontë/ Authoress of "Jane Eyre"/ "Villette", "Shirley"' verso, oval, 200 x 150 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in), under glass, minor scuffs and rubbing in places § Hunt (George Sidney, 1856-1925) Charlotte Brontë, mezzotint printed in colours, signed in pencil lower right, Printsellers' Association blindstamp lower left, on wove paper, 335 x 230 mm. (13 1/4 x 9 in), unframed with full margins, The Museum Galleries, 1922 (2).
⁂ The watercolour is possibly copied after the reproductive engraving of the portrait executed by John Carr Armytage (1802-1897).
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