Lot Essay
Gordon Cumming's travels in Japan are recorded in her book Wanderings in China (London, 1888).
Nagasaki, Japan (from Mrs Hunt's door)
Details
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1837-1924)
Nagasaki, Japan (from Mrs Hunt's door)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Nagasaki.Japan/from Mrs Hunt's door-/C.F. Gordon Cumming-Dec. 1878.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, unframed
14 x 20in. (35.6 x 50.8cm.)
Nagasaki, Japan (from Mrs Hunt's door)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Nagasaki.Japan/from Mrs Hunt's door-/C.F. Gordon Cumming-Dec. 1878.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, unframed
14 x 20in. (35.6 x 50.8cm.)
Provenance
Major Thomas Henry Baker-Cresswell, Chathill, Northumberland (the artist's nephew) and thence by descent; Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, 9 Oct. 1990, lot 1403.