Live Auction 21043The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship
WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)
Lot 74

WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)

Rock cut tombs, Lycia

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WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)
Rock cut tombs, Lycia
pencil and watercolour on paper
9 x 14 3⁄4 in. (22.8 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed in 1843

with The Fine Art Society, London, March 1988, from whom acquired for the present collection.

Specialist note


Müller travelled to Asia Minor in September 1843. He had been recommended to go to Lycia by the archaeologist Sir Charles Fellowes (1799-1860) who had recently returned and invited Müller to accompany his fourth expedition to Turkey. Müller travelled there independently accompanied by his pupil Harry John Johnson (1826-1884), meeting Fellowes' expedition on 22 October 1843 at Xanthus. He stayed there for three months, drawing the local scenery extensively.