WELCOMING THE TROOPS HOME

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JOHN ABSOLON, R.I. (1815-1895)
WELCOMING THE TROOPS HOME
signed and numbered 'John Absolon 4' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, in arched mount
12 x 29½ in. (30.5 x 74.8 cm.)

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A landscape and figure painter in oil and watercolour, John Absolon began his career as a portraitist and scene painter in Drury Lane. He first exhibited in 1832 and was elected to the N.W.S. (New Society of Painters in Watercolours) in 1838. He spent much time in Paris, Switzerland and Italy, and is recorded as having worked as a miniaturist.

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