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John Frederick Lewis, R.A., P.O.W.S. (London 1804-1876 Walton-on-Thames)
Lot 244

John Frederick Lewis, R.A., P.O.W.S. (London 1804-1876 Walton-on-Thames)

Spanish peasants at Ronda, Spain

Fermé9 December 2015

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John Frederick Lewis, R.A., P.O.W.S. (London 1804-1876 Walton-on-Thames)
Spanish peasants at Ronda, Spain
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour, and with scratching out
12 x 16½ in. (30.5 x 42 cm.)

William Selkirk.
with Leger Gallery, London.
J.G. Pilcher.
with The Fine Art Society, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1992, lot 114.

Note du spécialiste

Lewis travelled to Spain in 1832, arriving in Madrid on 22nd August. The present work was probably one of the several pictures of Spanish life that Lewis exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours between 1834 and 1835.

We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.