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Lot 169

BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR
"546. Paeonia officinalis", [English, eighteenth century]

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11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £5,000

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BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR

"546. Paeonia officinalis", watercolour and pencil on laid paper, pasted onto decorative mount, 440 x 270mm., [English, eighteenth century]

Footnotes

A detailed study, redolent of John Miller (1715-c.1790) who was patronised by Lord Bute, and many of whose watercolours were executed for his collection.

Provenance: "From Lord Bute's collection" (pencil annotation at foot and typical mount); probably his sale, Leigh and Sotheby, 1794.

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