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Lot 120

RIGA, LATVIA
SLIE (CHARLES) Christian of Grangemouth. John Duncan [offloading goods at Riga], [1828]

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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RIGA, LATVIA

SLIE (CHARLES) Christian of Grangemouth. John Duncan [offloading goods at Riga], watercolour, wash and ink, on paper, captioned beneath image within grey wash border, toned, a few small stains, signed "Charles Slie Paintet [sic] to Riga 1828" at foot, framed and glazed, image 560 x 620mm., [1828]

Footnotes

A view of Riga with Cathedral and church spires, windmill and bridge, looking across the Daugava river, with a ship at dock in the foreground alongside fashionable society promenanding. An almost identical view of Riga but with a different ship (The Melona of Dundee) by Slie is held by the Altonaer Museum, Hamburg.

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