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John Frederick Lewis R.A., (London, 1805-1876 Walton-on-Thames)
Lot 83 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOT 83)

John Frederick Lewis R.A., (London, 1805-1876 Walton-on-Thames)

The entrance to the Sala de las Dos Hermanas in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Closed2 July 2013

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John Frederick Lewis R.A., (London, 1805-1876 Walton-on-Thames)
The entrance to the Sala de las Dos Hermanas in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain
signed and inscribed 'SALA DEL LAS DOS HERMANAS J.F. Lewis' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on buff paper
10¾ x 13 in. (27.3 x 33 cm.)

with Colnaghi, London, where purchased by Brinsley Ford, London, 1951.

Specialist note

Lewis lived in Spain from the summer of 1832 to the spring of 1833. He first visited Madrid followed by Granada. Here he began his first sustained forays into architectural drawings of the Alhambra, the palace and fortress of the Moorish Kings. He remained in Granada until 12 November 1832 when he departed for Seville via Cordova. As a result of his trip Lewis published two sets of lithographs, his Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra and his Sketches of Spain and Spanish characters, 1837.