John Absolon Watercolour Study Of A North African Woman

John Absolon Watercolour Study Of A North African WomanAttr. John Absolon (1815 1895) British School Mid 19th. Century. Watercolour and pencil drawing. A study of a North African Woman, Inscribed on a label verso, 25. 4 x 10. 8cms. Provenance: with William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery London. A child prodigy, John Absolon began his career as a scene painter for the theatres of Drury Lane and Covent Garden. From 1835 he spent four years in Paris, where he studied the technique of miniature painting. On

19 by 16 cms

the first general election after her marriage

Signed and dated 1873

The Artists only Mezzotint

in his History of Music  gives her a mixed review

Inscribed to the reverse "Raising their Game

les bras au dessus du visage'

William Cavendish

Black chalk heightened with white on pale blue laid paper

French School 18th

35 by 44 cms

Century Copper Engraving by Surugue after Charles Coypel 1745