Lot Essay
Mount Abora is a Romantic mythical paradise imagined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his poem Kubla Khan and based on Marco Polo's description of Xanadu.
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Mount Abara
Details
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Mount Abara
inscribed 'MOUNT ABARA [sic]' (upper centre)
pencil on paper, with fragmentary watermark
10 x 7 ¾ in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm.)
Mount Abara
inscribed 'MOUNT ABARA [sic]' (upper centre)
pencil on paper, with fragmentary watermark
10 x 7 ¾ in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, by whom given to his granddaughter,
Angela Margaret Thirkell (née Mackail) (1890-1966), and by descent to her son,
Graham Campbell McInnes (1912-1970), by whom given to his daughter, and by descent.
Angela Margaret Thirkell (née Mackail) (1890-1966), and by descent to her son,
Graham Campbell McInnes (1912-1970), by whom given to his daughter, and by descent.
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