Panorama of St Helier with Elizabeth Castle beyond, Jersey

Details

Le Genvre, early 19th century
Panorama of St Helier with Elizabeth Castle beyond, Jersey
signed and dated 'Le Genvre 1818' (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 x 41¼in. (73.7 x 104.8cm.)

Literature

P. Stevens, Dictionary of Painters of the Channel Islands, Jersey, 2002, p. 135, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

St Helier, St Helier Galleries, Memorial Exhibition of Jersey Paintings and Watercolours 1780-1997, 22 March - 9 April 2001, no. 28.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

In July 1817, a painter called Le Genvre was announced in the Chronique de Jersey as making a short stay in Jersey to paint miniatures. It is quite possible that this is the same Le Genvre who visited the island between 1831 and 1838, when a large number of his paintings were sold.

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