Rock cut tombs, Lycia

Details

WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)
Rock cut tombs, Lycia
pencil and watercolour on paper
9 x 14 3⁄4 in. (22.8 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed in 1843

Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London, March 1988, from whom acquired for the present collection.

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Lot Essay

Müller travelled to Asia Minor in September 1843. He had been recommended to go to Lycia by the archaeologist Sir Charles Fellowes (1799-1860) who had recently returned and invited Müller to accompany his fourth expedition to Turkey. Müller travelled there independently accompanied by his pupil Harry John Johnson (1826-1884), meeting Fellowes' expedition on 22 October 1843 at Xanthus. He stayed there for three months, drawing the local scenery extensively.

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