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Lot 198

John Frederick Lewis, RA, British 1804-1876-  An old Spanish lady leading her mule;  pencil and...

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Lot 198

John Frederick Lewis, RA, 
British 1804-1876- 
An old Spanish lady leading her mule; 
pencil and...

Price Realised: £520

Estimate: £500 - £800

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (30% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 198

Description

John Frederick Lewis, RA, 
British 1804-1876- 

An old Spanish lady leading her mule; 

pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper, 18.5 x 26.6 cm. 

Provenance: 
Sir John and Lady Witt. 
Drawings and Watercolours from the Collection of the late Sir John and Lady Witt, Sotheby's, London, 19 February 1987, lot 152. 
Private Collection, UK. 

Literature: 
Major-General Michael Lewis C.B.E., 'John Frederick Lewis RA', 1978, p.73. no.250. 

Note: 
Lewis originally trained in the workshop of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) alongside Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873). He
is principally recognised as an Orientalist painter, celebrated for his colourful and highly romanticised depictions of Cairo. The present work, apparently depicting a Spanish figure, may well be from Lewis's travels to Spain and Morocco between 1832 and 1834. This watercolour, with its sketchy background, places the focus squarely on the hunched figure with her donkey, with Lewis somehow managing to effectively evoke the expressions of morose resignation both of the standing figure and, perhaps more strikingly, of her donkey. 

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