ALBERT DURER LUCAS (BRITISH, 1828-1919)
Engagement; and Matrimony
signed 'AD Lucas' (lower left), dated '1873' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fascinated by/your sincerity and/beauty, I love you dearly. Let/marriage unite us/thus speak these flowers' (on the paper, lower right); and signed 'A.D. Lucas' (lower left), dated '1873' (lower right) and inscribed 'these flowers/say/Love always and/Labour diligently' (on the paper, lower left)
oil on board; and oil on canvas
16 x 11 7⁄8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm.);
16 x 11 13⁄16 in. (40.6 x 30 cm.)
(2)a pair
ALBERT DURER LUCAS (BRITISH, 1828-1919)
Engagement; and Matrimony
signed 'AD Lucas' (lower left), dated '1873' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fascinated by/your sincerity and/beauty, I love you dearly. Let/marriage unite us/thus speak these flowers' (on the paper, lower right); and signed 'A.D. Lucas' (lower left), dated '1873' (lower right) and inscribed 'these flowers/say/Love always and/Labour diligently' (on the paper, lower left)
oil on board; and oil on canvas
16 x 11 7⁄8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm.);
16 x 11 13⁄16 in. (40.6 x 30 cm.)
(2)a pair