Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)

Study of 'Lake Geneva and the Dent d'Oche from Lausanne', after Turner

Details

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)
Study of 'Lake Geneva and the Dent d'Oche from Lausanne', after Turner
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
9.5/8 x 13.3/8 in. (24.5 x 34 cm.)

Provenance

with Leger Galleries, London, 1973.

Exhibited

Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art, 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 9.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 22.

Lot Essay

Turner visited Switzerland in 1837 and for a second time in 1841, when he depicted the glassy surfaced Lake Geneva, as seen from above Lausanne.
Turner's watercolour is now in the Tate Gallery (for more information, see I. Warrell, Through Switzerland with Turner, London, 1995, p. 142.)

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