Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath
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Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937)
The aftermath
signed and dated 'Hughes-Stanton/1923' (lower left), watercolour and pencil
35 x 50.2cm (13 3/4 x 19 3/4in).
Sold for £500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The artist travelled to Japan circa 1923-1924. As such, it is likely that the present work depicts the devastation and destruction of the Great Kantō earthquake which struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū on the 1st September 1923.

Category: Fine Art / Travel Pictures

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