Lot Essay
A late work, rather different in mood from others in the group, but retaining the artist's characteristic colouring. The scene represented is no doubt on the Normandy coast.
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Sea Nymphs
Details
Lionel Percy Smythe, R.A., R.W.S. (1839-1918)
Sea Nymphs
signed and dated 'L.P. Smythe/1910' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
10½ x 6½ in. (26.8 x 16.5 cm.)
Sea Nymphs
signed and dated 'L.P. Smythe/1910' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
10½ x 6½ in. (26.8 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Abbott and Holder, London, 1974.
Exhibited
London, Royal Watercolour Society, Winter 1910, no. 357.
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