Lot Essay
For a note on Birket Foster's work for Charles Seely, see lot 120.
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Shrine at the entrance to the Ducal Palace, Venice
Details
Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899)
Shrine at the entrance to the Ducal Palace, Venice
signed with monogram 'BF' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'Shrine going into Courtyard of the Ducal Palace/Birket Foster' (on the reverse) and with inscription ''Shrine going into Courtyard of the/Ducal Palace.' by Birket Foster' (on a label attached to the backboard) and with inscription and number 'Sir Charles See[ly]/35' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
12 x 8 1/8 in. (30.5 x 20.8 cm.)
Shrine at the entrance to the Ducal Palace, Venice
signed with monogram 'BF' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'Shrine going into Courtyard of the Ducal Palace/Birket Foster' (on the reverse) and with inscription ''Shrine going into Courtyard of the/Ducal Palace.' by Birket Foster' (on a label attached to the backboard) and with inscription and number 'Sir Charles See[ly]/35' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
12 x 8 1/8 in. (30.5 x 20.8 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist by Charles Seely, M.P.
By descent to his son, Colonel Sir Charles Seely, Bt., M.P.
Lt. Colonel Frank Seely
And by descent to the present owner.
By descent to his son, Colonel Sir Charles Seely, Bt., M.P.
Lt. Colonel Frank Seely
And by descent to the present owner.
Literature
H.M. Cundall, Birket Foster, London, 1906, facing p. 90, illustrated in colour.
J. Reynolds, Birket Foster, Frome and London, 1984, p. 135 illustrated.
J. Reynolds, Birket Foster, Frome and London, 1984, p. 135 illustrated.
Exhibited
Possibly, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Special Loan Exhibition of Pictures of the British School in Oils and Water-colours, 1896, no. 96.
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Special Loan Exhibition of Works by Birket Foster, 1925, no. 55.
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Special Loan Exhibition of Works by Birket Foster, 1925, no. 55.
Special notice
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