Sicilian School (18th century) Design for a Trompe L’Oeil Wall Decoration, pen and grey ink and wash, watercolour, inscribed with a scale labelled 'Scala di Palmi dieci Siciliani' at the upper left, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 473 x 287 mm (18 5/8 x 11 1/4 in), under glass, some scattered damp-stains and toning, small split in the upper left corner, other small nicks and tears to extremities, framed, [late 18th century]

Provenance:
Sale. Sotheby’s London, 22nd April 1998, lot 336 (as Italian School, 18th Century);
P. & D. Colnaghi, London, in 1998;
Private collection, Florida, until 2012;
Stephen Ongpin, London;
Collection of John and Eileen Harris

⁂ Attributions to the Sicilian architects Andrea Giganti (1731-1787) or Elia Interguglielmi (1746-1835) have been tentatively suggested.