Inky black silkwork pictures dating from the end of the eighteenth century, one depicting a mill house at the edge of a pool in the middle distance, seen beyond gnarled trees on the near bank which rises curving away on the right, where a man on horseback and leading another is disappearing over the crest. The pendant a Mediterranean landscape showing a castle with a round tower at the edge of the sea, with a hillside rising to left, a path approaching along the bay from the left foreground and a man standing in a canoe holding a large fishing net, talking to a seated companion, beneath a small tree near the shore in the right foreground.
Within later, nineteenth century gilt moulding frames with a bead sight
13.25 x 10.25 inches
After the prints made by William Elliott, in turn after the original works by Paul Sandby. The above descriptions taken from the British Museum registration Nos. 1872,0713.16 and 1872,0713.18
The source identified by Christopher Coles; you’ll find him here https://www.bada.org/dealer/christopher-coles-research-and-cataloguing
Item Code: 5151
£ 525
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