Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839)

Soldiers beneath a torrent, on a mountain pass

Details

Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839)
Soldiers beneath a torrent, on a mountain pass
signed and dated 'Francia/1824' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, with scratching out
15 x 12.3/8 in. (39.4 x 31.4 cm.)

Provenance

R.J. Buck Esq.
with Abbott & Holder, London.

Exhibited

London, Anthony Reed, Louis Francia Exhibition, November 1985, no. 30.
London, Spink, Annual Exhibition of English Watercolour Drawings, 1988, no. 27.

Lot Essay

Francia was the son of the director of the Military Hospital in Calais. Francia arrived in England in 1790 and made sketching tours across the British Isles until 1817 when he returned to his native Calais. He was a close friend of R.P. Bonington (1802-1828).

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