Lot Essay
Vickers was commissioned in 1833 to make sketches in Russia for publication. En route to that commission he made drawings and watercolours across Europe, including in Turkey and Italy.
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THE ROSS COLLECTION FROM KNOCKMORE, ENNISKERRY, WICKLOW (lots 157-193)
Alfred Gomersal Vickers (London 1810-1837)
Street-sellers beside a Mosque at Constantinople
Details
Alfred Gomersal Vickers (London 1810-1837)
Street-sellers beside a Mosque at Constantinople
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour
6 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (16.2 x 23.2 cm.)
Street-sellers beside a Mosque at Constantinople
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour
6 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (16.2 x 23.2 cm.)
Provenance
Formerly in an album in the possession of Queen Adelaide.
with Spink, London; Christie's, South Kensington, 21 June 1998, lot 117, where purchased for the present collection.
with Spink, London; Christie's, South Kensington, 21 June 1998, lot 117, where purchased for the present collection.
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