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Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Eliot Hodgkin Will Trust. Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987) bequeathed his collection of pictures and other works of art in trust for his wife, and subject to her interest the collection or the net sale proceeds thereof are held for the Georgian Group and the Victorian Society. For the catalogue of the exhibition at Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, March - April 1990, Eliot Hodgkin 1905-1987 Painter and Collector, Sir Brinsley Ford provided an affectionate and admiring introduction which comprised a brief biography and reflections on his friend's achievements, both as a gifted and individual artist and as a collector of an unusual range of interests fully shared by his wife Mimi. Eliot Hodgkin was particularly interested in architecture and in the preservation of distinguished buildings, many of which he had seen destroyed during World War II and its aftermath.

Charles Meryon (1821-1868)

La Morgue (D., W. 36; S. 42)

Details

Charles Meryon (1821-1868)
La Morgue (D., W. 36; S. 42)
etching with drypoint, 1854, on wove, Schneiderman's fourth state (of seven), a fine impression, with margins, some mount staining, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 228 x 205 mm., S. 300 x 268 mm.

Provenance

With Colnaghi's, London (with Harold Wright's pencil description and stock number S.44269 in the lower margin)

Exhibited

Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Eliot Hodgkin, 1905-1987, Painter and Collector, March-April 1990, no. 143.

Special notice

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