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Filipino School, mid-19th century
Lot 193

Filipino School, mid-19th century

A mestizo "swell"; and A widow in mourning

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 2,500

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Filipino School, mid-19th century
A mestizo "swell"; and A widow in mourning
the first indistinctly inscribed 'By[?] Mr B. Barker from W.D.S[?] A mestizo "swell"' lower left and lower centre
watercolour on paper
unframed
12 1/8 x 8¾in. (31 x 22.5cm.); and 12 1/8 x 8 7/8in. (30.7 x 22.5cm.) (2)

Specialist note

The images by, or possibly after (suggested by the inscription on the first sheet) one of the main miniaturists active in Manila in the 1840s, Damian Domingo or Tristiano Asumpcion.