£200 - £400
William Henry Harriott (British, c.1790–1839)
Prince Maffei's Palace in Verona
1827
Pencil, pen, brown ink, watercolour and gum arabic on paper
'Prince Maffei's Palace' written on both sides
Signed and dated 'W.H.Harriott 21st November 1827' verso
With Peter Cardiff Fine Art sticker and provenance card verso
From the Fane Collection
To be sold without reserve
Provenance:
Harriott's, a pupil of Samuel Prout, and spent several months each year sketching on the continent when on leave from his job as a clerk in the War Office. He was a friend of John Sell Cotman, who took tracings of many of Harriott's compositions.
This watercolour of Prince Maffei's Palace has been painted from exactly the same spot as Bonington's version of 1826, which is now in the V&A (No.3047-1876).
Examples: British Museum
Dimensions:
(Frame) 24 in. (H) x 20 in. (W)
(Paper) 21 in. (H) x 16.5 (W)
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