THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Norman Prescott-Davies (fl.1880-1900)
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Norman Prescott-Davies (fl.1880-1900)
An Eastern Beauty
signed and dated 'N. Prescott Davies 1881' and inscribed 'Her dark eye gazes on the flowers/She once had called in Syrius' vales/... amidst its lovely bowers/Eye enlist to childhood tales/.... now withers the hareem's wall/.... charm and fonder spell,/Than gorgeous gems or gilded hall/Within those simple flowrets dwell" N. Prescott Davies, A.R.C.A./12 Chalcot Gardens/Haverstock Hill London N.W.' on an old label on the reverse; oil on board
21¾ x 16¾in. (55.3 x 42.5cm.)
An Eastern Beauty
signed and dated 'N. Prescott Davies 1881' and inscribed 'Her dark eye gazes on the flowers/She once had called in Syrius' vales/... amidst its lovely bowers/Eye enlist to childhood tales/.... now withers the hareem's wall/.... charm and fonder spell,/Than gorgeous gems or gilded hall/Within those simple flowrets dwell" N. Prescott Davies, A.R.C.A./12 Chalcot Gardens/Haverstock Hill London N.W.' on an old label on the reverse; oil on board
21¾ x 16¾in. (55.3 x 42.5cm.)