Lot Essay
One of the letters being sold in lot 9, dated Thursday March 25th, may refer to the present calendar as Burges mentions having finished 'March'. The letter is also written on the same type of paper.
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Details
WILLIAM BURGES; ILLUMINATED CALENDAR (PARTIAL)
c.1840, ink, watercolour and bodycolour with gilt highlights, on paper, inscribed February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, each one with annotated feast days and decorated with signs of the Zodiac on the reverse, 4½.in. x 3½.in. (11.5cm. x 9cm.) (9)
c.1840, ink, watercolour and bodycolour with gilt highlights, on paper, inscribed February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, each one with annotated feast days and decorated with signs of the Zodiac on the reverse, 4½.in. x 3½.in. (11.5cm. x 9cm.) (9)
Provenance
The Leschallas family. Mary Burges (later Pullan). Elizabeth Burges (later Ormiston, later Watson). Thence by descent.
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