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Lot 46*
English Follower of Antonio Canal, called il Canaletto(Venice 1697-1768)The Thames, London, from Somerset House Terrace, looking towards Westminster
3 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £30,000
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Lisa Greaves
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English Follower of Antonio Canal, called il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768)
The Thames, London, from Somerset House Terrace, looking towards Westminster
oil on canvas
78.9 x 127cm (31 1/16 x 50in).
oil on canvas
78.9 x 127cm (31 1/16 x 50in).
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Provenance
With Frost and Reed, London (as 'J. Paul', according to a label on the reverse)
The Collection of H.V. Morton (1892-1979), and thence by descent to his widow, by whom gifted to the present owner
Originally from Lancashire, Henry Canova Vollam Morton was best known as a journalist and pioneering travel writer. His widely read eye-witness accounts of the excavation and opening of the inner burial chamber containing the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun established Morton as a journalist and travel writer. Later, in the 1930s, he went on to write about his travels in the Holy Land and Turkey.
In the late 1940s Morton and his wife Violet (known as Mary), emigrated to South Africa, where he remained until his death in 1979.
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