Gaspard Lemarchant, Gen. Tupper (1826-1906) 'Fort Catherine and Fort Nicholas' and 'View of Sebastopol', a pair one 14 x 25.5cm (5 1/2 x 10 1/16in); the other 15.5 x 25cm (6 1/8 x 9 13/16in)
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Lieutenant-General Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper (British, 1826-1906)
'Fort Catherine and Fort Nicholas' and 'View of Sebastopol', a pair
each bears gallery label (verso)
watercolour heightened with white
one 14 x 25.5cm (5 1/2 x 10 1/16in); the other 15.5 x 25cm (6 1/8 x 9 13/16in)
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Sold for £1,080 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    With the Albany Gallery, London
    A private collection


    Captain Tupper served in the Crimea from 1854 to 1856, where he took part in the battle of Balaklava, the repulse of the sortie on the 26th October 1854, was slightly wounded at Inkerman (November 5th 1854), and took part in the Siege and Fall of Sebastopol.

Category: Fine Art / Travel Pictures

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