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CASSIOBURY PARK, HERTFORDSHIRE
A folio (390 x 303mm.) of 8 original watercolours, 7 original drawings and 19 prints, on 30 sheets, all interior or exterior views of Cassiobury Park, and 2 portraits, one of Reginald Algernon Capel. (Occasional spotting and waterstaining). Original calf covers laid down on modern calf (rubbed and scuffed with losses). Provenance: laid-down inscription on front pastedown: "This book of drawings I give to my dearest love as a souvenir of Cassiobury. Jan ?1884. Essex".
The seat of the Earls of Essex for over 300 years, the landscaped grounds were acquired by Watford Council in the 20th century to provide a people's park and leisure ground.
A folio (390 x 303mm.) of 8 original watercolours, 7 original drawings and 19 prints, on 30 sheets, all interior or exterior views of Cassiobury Park, and 2 portraits, one of Reginald Algernon Capel. (Occasional spotting and waterstaining). Original calf covers laid down on modern calf (rubbed and scuffed with losses). Provenance: laid-down inscription on front pastedown: "This book of drawings I give to my dearest love as a souvenir of Cassiobury. Jan ?1884. Essex".
The seat of the Earls of Essex for over 300 years, the landscaped grounds were acquired by Watford Council in the 20th century to provide a people's park and leisure ground.
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