Lot Essay
For a note on Charles Seeley and Birket Foster's trip to Venice, see lot 76.
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In the vestibule, St Marks, Venice
Details
Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899)
In the vestibule, St Marks, Venice
signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed 'In the vestibule/St Marks' (lower left in the margin, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
13½ x 9¾ in. (34.3 x 24.7 cm.)
In the vestibule, St Marks, Venice
signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed 'In the vestibule/St Marks' (lower left in the margin, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
13½ x 9¾ in. (34.3 x 24.7 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly Charles Seeley, M.P.
The British Printing Corporation; Christie's, London, 18 October 1966, lot 185.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 18 September 1996, lot 160.
The British Printing Corporation; Christie's, London, 18 October 1966, lot 185.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 18 September 1996, lot 160.
Literature
H.M. Cundall, The Life and Work of Birket Foster, London, 1906, p. 93.
Exhibited
Nottingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Special Loan Exhibition of Pictures of the British School of Oils and Watercolours, 1896, no. 68.
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Birket Foster Centenary Loan Exhibition, 1925, no. 62.
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Birket Foster Centenary Loan Exhibition, 1925, no. 62.
Special notice
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