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Erskine Nicol ARA RSA
(1825-1904)
GRAVE DIGGER, 1865
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right; with artist's
name on stretcher verso
13 by 10.50 in.
In 1865 the artist was showing with the Royal
Academy in London, where his address is
recorded as "24 Dawson Place, Pembridge
Square, London.”
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,720-£2,580 approx.)
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After Georg Wolfgang Knorr (1705-1761)
LES DÉLICES DES YEUX ET DE L’ESPIRIT, OU COLLECTION GENERALE DES
DIFFERENTES ESPÈCES DE COQUILLAGES (1764-73) (SET OF 7)
hand-coloured engraving; (7)
each numbered in the upper corners; with engraver’s name lower
right and Museum details, centre
7.50 by 6in. (19.05 by 15.24cm)
Provenance:
With Bernard Quaritch, London in 1981;
Private collection
All framed and mounted uniformly.
Engravings of shells by A. Hoffer, J.A. Eisenmann, G.P.Trautner and, others after
drawings by G.W. Knorr.
(7 works total)
€3,000-€4,000 (£2,600-£3,400 approx.)