The north front of Blenheim Palace and Blenheim Bridge, seen from across the lake and five views of Wytham Abbey

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WILLIAM ALFRED DELAMOTTE (1775-1863)
The north front of Blenheim Palace and Blenheim Bridge, seen from across the lake and five views of Wytham Abbey
the scene of Blenheim inscribed 'For the Penny Magazine' (upper margin) and 'North Front of Blenheim & Bridge from Rosamund Spring/ Blenheim Park' (lower margin), one inscribed 'Wytham' (lower right)
pencil on buff paper and pencil and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper
6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (16.8 x 22.5 cm.) and similar
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Lot Essay

This group of works represent a commemoration of Lady Avon's ancestry; Wytham Abbey, the Oxfordshire seat of her mother's family the Earls of Abingdon and Blenheim Palace, the seat of her father's family the Dukes of Marlborough.

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