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Lady Elizabeth Susan Percy, British 1782-1847- Five views from the Italian Grand Tour; each...
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Lady Elizabeth Susan Percy,
British 1782-1847-
Five views from the Italian Grand Tour;
each...
Price Realised: £328
Estimate: £250 - £450
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Lot 235
Description
Lady Elizabeth Susan Percy,
British 1782-1847-
Five views from the Italian Grand Tour;
each pencil, pen, ink, and wash on paper, some with watercolour and heightened with white, variously inscribed and dated 'Monte Portia / dal Villa Mondragone May 31 1833', 'S Agnese / 31 Jan 1835', 'Arco Felice Cumae / 26 Sep 1833', 'Dal Monte Testaccio / 29 April 1835', and 'S. Sebastiano / April 1835' (each lower left), 27.4 x 19 cm. and smaller, five (5).
Provenance:
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London [no.31631].
Private Collection, UK (by descent from the 1980s).
Note:
The Courtauld Gallery collection notes how 'Lady Susan Elizabeth Percy (1782-1847), the daughter of the 1st Earl of Beverly, was a talented amateur draughtswoman. She first travelled to Italy at the age of 20; over 40 sketches from this trip are now held in the Ashby collection in the Vatican Museums. She spent much of her life in Italy and, as a member of the British expatriate community in Rome, befriended Edward Lear and became his patron.'
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