Live Auction 5809Travel, Science & Natural History
Christie’s roundel
Lot 67

Abram Louis Buvelot (1814-1888)

An Indian village on the banks of a river with figures washing at the ghats

Closed15 October 2009

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GBP 625

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Abram Louis Buvelot (1814-1888)
An Indian village on the banks of a river with figures washing at the ghats
signed and dated 'Ls Buvelot.1855.'
watercolour on paper heightened with gum arabic
unframed
9½ x 12¼in. (24.1 x 31cm.)

Specialist note

In December 1854 Buvelot travelled to Calcutta with the Austrian artist Ferdinand Krumholz, hoping to establish a studio of photography and painting. The venture failed and in August 1855 Buvelot took an appointment as drawing master at a new industrial school at Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.