item name: Lavender Farm in Provence

item description: Bright, mid-century view of a lavender farm in Provence. Watercolor over pencil. From a folio of views done in 1950 by a British artist traveling in southern France. the scene is shown from above and has a somewhat "orthogonal" perspective increasing the subtle modern feel of the image.

Dimensions: Image Dimensions
10" H X 14" W
25.4cm H X 35.6cm W

Outer Dimensions (mat)
14" H X 18" W
35.6cm H X 45.7cm W

price: $650

item name: Triumphal Arch at Susa - English Watercolor, 1816

item description: An English tourist's view of the Triumphal Arch at Susa, 1816. Watercolor applied with a brush, ink under-drawing. This watercolor records the Roman arch at Susa (ancient Segusium). Shelley visited the site on his entry to Italy and writes in a letter dated Milan, April 1818: "A ruined arch of magnificent proportions, in the Greek taste, standing in a kind of road of green lawn, overgrown with violets and primroses, and in the midst of stupendous mountains, and a blonde woman, of light and graceful manners, something in the style of Fuseli's Eve, were the first things we met in Italy". inscribed on the reverse: "Triumphal Arch at Susa erected to Augustus Caesar" and dated "August 14th 1816". Provenance: Rodgers Collection, U.K.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
8" H X 11" W
20.32cm H X 27.94cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
13" H X 16" W
33.02cm H X 40.64cm W

price: $1,800

item name: St. Peter's Illuminated By Fireworks

item description: Gouache over etched outline. In the 18th century, great events and holidays were celebrated with an Illumination, where buildings and monuments were strung with fireworks and torches. This gouache shows the Basilica of St. Peter, the Piazza and Bernini’s Colonnade outlined with fireworks against the night sky. Painted as a Grand Tour souvenir for a French visitor to Rome. Inscribed “S. Pierre au vatican de nuit avec la luminade de fiaccole” in pen and ink on the reverse. Provenance: Phillip's, London.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
10" H X 16" W
25.4cm H X 40.6cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
16" H X 22.5" W
40.6cm H X 57.1cm W

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item name: Ruins Above a Stream, Signed Bennett

item description: Imaginary "Romantic" watercolor of a ruin above a stream, signed Bennett (English, early 19th century).

Dimensions: 5" H X 7" W
20.3cm H X 26.7cm W

8.25" H X 10" W
30.5cm H X 36.8cm W

price: $600