Lot 792
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A three-leaf gilded screen, containing twenty-four watercolours of genre and landscape subjects by Continental and English hands including: An arabian serenade by Amadeo, Count Preziosi; Riding side saddle; and Waiting for his return (2) by Cesare della Acqua; The toy yacht by Ch. Billoin; Landscapes by Edgar John Varley (3); Views of Italy and Venice by F. Lucas (5); Landscapes by G. Simonsan (2); Soldiers taking a break from duties by Paolo Ricciardi; and others; the majority signed and variously dated from 1864-1865 a leaf, 66 x 22¼ in. (167.8 x 56.5 cm.), the screen overall, 66 x 69½ in. (167.8 x 176.7 cm.), watercolours, 13½ x 9¾ in. (34.3 x 24.8 cm.); and smaller; three framed landscape watercolours by Edgar John Varley; and a framed watercolour of a hareem scene by Amadeo, Count Preziosi (5)
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A three-leaf gilded screen, containing twenty-four watercolours of genre and landscape subjects by Continental and English hands including: An arabian serenade by Amadeo, Count Preziosi; Riding side saddle; and Waiting for his return (2) by Cesare della Acqua; The toy yacht by Ch. Billoin; Landscapes by Edgar John Varley (3); Views of Italy and Venice by F. Lucas (5); Landscapes by G. Simonsan (2); Soldiers taking a break from duties by Paolo Ricciardi; and others; the majority signed and variously dated from 1864-1865 a leaf, 66 x 22¼ in. (167.8 x 56.5 cm.), the screen overall, 66 x 69½ in. (167.8 x 176.7 cm.), watercolours, 13½ x 9¾ in. (34.3 x 24.8 cm.); and smaller; three framed landscape watercolours by Edgar John Varley; and a framed watercolour of a hareem scene by Amadeo, Count Preziosi (5)

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A three-leaf gilded screen, containing twenty-four watercolours of genre and landscape subjects by Continental and English hands including: An arabian serenade by Amadeo, Count Preziosi; Riding side saddle; and Waiting for his return (2) by Cesare della Acqua; The toy yacht by Ch. Billoin; Landscapes by Edgar John Varley (3); Views of Italy and Venice by F. Lucas (5); Landscapes by G. Simonsan (2); Soldiers taking a break from duties by Paolo Ricciardi; and others; the majority signed and variously dated from 1864-1865
a leaf, 66 x 22¼ in. (167.8 x 56.5 cm.), the screen overall, 66 x 69½ in. (167.8 x 176.7 cm.), watercolours, 13½ x 9¾ in. (34.3 x 24.8 cm.); and smaller; three framed landscape watercolours by Edgar John Varley; and a framed watercolour of a hareem scene by Amadeo, Count Preziosi (5)
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