A Gypsy Stronghold, Périgord

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Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
A Gypsy Stronghold, Périgord
signed 'W.RUSSELL FLINT' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'A Gipsy [sic] Stronghold, Perigord/W Russell Flint/May. 1964' (on the reverse)
watercolour
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Alexander Gallery, Clifton.

Literature

'Somewhere in Perigord there is a tremendous château called Bonaguil, the sort of medieval stronghold which a thoughtful providence had had specially built for an illustrator ....such as myself' W. R. Flint, In pursuit, London, 1969, p. 180.

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Lot Essay

'Somewhere in Perigord there is a tremendous château called Bonaguil, the sort of medieval stronghold which a thoughtful providence had specially built for an illustrator ... such as myself.' W.R. Flint, In pursuit, London, 1969, p. 180.

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