Live Auction 21954British and European Art
WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1845-1915)
Lot 61

WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1845-1915)

A Bit in Hardelot Forest

Closed13 July 2023

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GBP 4,000–6,000

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WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1845-1915)
A Bit in Hardelot Forest
signed with monogram and inscribed 'Forest of/ Hardelot. Aug: 12 1910' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'com:/ Walter Crane. R.W.S./ Kensington. W./ A Bit in Hardelot Forest' (on an old label attached to the reverse of the mount)
watercolour heightened with bodycolour on buff paper
14 3/8 x 10 ½ in. (36.6 x 26.6 cm.)

Anonymous sale; David Lay Auctions, 15 January, 2015, lot 167, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The Forest of Hardelot is close to Boulogne-sur-Mer on the coast of north-west France. It surrounds the Chateau d'Hardelot, an English-style Neo-Gothic Victorian Castle which was bought in 1897 by the British industrialist John Robinson Whitley. It seems likely that Crane visited during his tenure.