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Drawings by Robert Streatfeild (1786-1852)(Lots 144-150)Captain Robert Streatfeild, R.N., spent sixteen years in the navy from the age of thirteen, reaching the rank of Commander while travelling to Nova Scotia, South America and the West Indies, and serving under Nelson in the Mediterranean. As a naval officer he would have been trained as a draughtsman, and the astute powers of observation and interest in topographical form shown in this group of drawings clearly reflect his artistic background.After retirement in 1815 he appears to have married and returned to his family home, Bottens, Kent (lot 151). The family’s extensive travels around Europe began with a visit to Boulogne in 1841, before a tour to Wurtemburg and Darmstadt between 1842 and 1844. In 1846 he was at Nice and Aix-la-Chapelle (now Aachen), before going on to Switzerland. He travelled through Belgium in 1848, where one of his five daughters, Harriette, married Count Edmond d’Baillet of Sempst. From 1850 it seems he took up residence in Spa, where he died in 1852. Streatfeild’s accurate and charming watercolours, populated by tiny figures of friends and family, give a fascinating insight into a Europe long gone, and the travels of an adventurous English family.
Robert Streatfield (1786-1852)
View of Nice; and Study of 'Antediluvian' Monuments on the beach, France
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Robert Streatfield (1786-1852)
View of Nice; and Study of 'Antediluvian' Monuments on the beach, France
one pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash; one pencil and watercolour
6 x 9½ in. (15.2 x 24.1 cm.), and smaller
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View of Nice; and Study of 'Antediluvian' Monuments on the beach, France
one pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash; one pencil and watercolour
6 x 9½ in. (15.2 x 24.1 cm.), and smaller
(2)