Sketch in the Philippines

Details

Charles W. Andrews, or Andrewes (fl.850s-1860s)
Sketch in the Philippines
signed 'C.W. Andrewes.' on the mount, with title 'No 2. / Sketch in the Philippines. / C. W. Andrewes. / .Hong Kong. / & Carne House / Dorchester' on a label retained from the old backing board
watercolour on paper
8 x 4 ¼in. (20.3 x 10.8cm.)
(4)with three other smaller watercolours by the artist of a cock-fight in the Philippines, a banana-carrier and a boat-woman, in a common mount

Provenance

By descent from the artist to the present owner.

Brought to you by

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Lot Essay

After working as a portrait and miniature painter in Sydney from 1853, Andrews worked for the press in Hong Kong and the Philippines from 1857 into the 1860s, and was the main artist for the short-lived La Ilustración Filipina in Manila in 1859-60. For his work in Asia, see the large view of the Parade Ground, Hong Kong, sold in these rooms, 26-7 Sept. 2007, lot 532 (£38,900) and for his more common Filipino subjects, see for example Christie's South Kensington, 8 May 2003, lot 200 ('Manila cathedral after the earthquake, 1863', £2,585), Christie's, 25 April 2012, lot 187 ('Laguna de Bay, Philippines', £3,250) , 29 Oct. 2015, lot 17 ('Three studies of Filipinas', £10,000).

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