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Lot 36

Benjamin Walter Spiers
(British, 1845-1894)
Worthless old knicknacks and silly old books

21 March 2017, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Benjamin Walter Spiers (British, 1845-1894)

Worthless old knicknacks and silly old books
signed with initials and dated 'B.W.S./ 1878' (lower right); inscribed 'This snug little chamber is cramm'd in all nooks/with worthless old knicknacks and silly old books/Thackeray's "Cane-bottomed Chair"/by B.W. Spiers/70 Hereford Rd/Bayswater' (on an artist's label on the reverse of the frame)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper
19 x 23cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/16in).

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Provenance
Christopher Wood, London.
Private collection, UK.

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