Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry GMarquand . by Turner was sold at Christies, June 27, 1890. Mr. Fawkes was one of Turners intimatefriends, and a generous patron. Exhibited at Burlington House, 1889. Height, 7^4 mches ; length, 12^ inches. J. M. W. TURNER, RA. 1775-1851 15 — Peterhof Water Color A rainbow gleams coldly in the lurid sky, spanning the dark, slaty water, on thefarther shore of which a town appears at the foot of a sloping hill. Along the flat sandat the left of the picture a man accompanied by a woman in a red petticoat is approac
Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry GMarquand . by Turner was sold at Christies, June 27, 1890. Mr. Fawkes was one of Turners intimatefriends, and a generous patron. Exhibited at Burlington House, 1889. Height, 7^4 mches ; length, 12^ inches. J. M. W. TURNER, RA. 1775-1851 15 — Peterhof Water Color A rainbow gleams coldly in the lurid sky, spanning the dark, slaty water, on thefarther shore of which a town appears at the foot of a sloping hill. Along the flat sandat the left of the picture a man accompanied by a woman in a red petticoat is approach-ing, while farther back two figures are walking in the opposite direction, and a group offigures appears in the distance. Off shore lies a fishing-smack, with two boats near it. From the collection of Ayscough Fawkes, Farnley Hall, Otley, Yorkshire, England, whose remarkablecollection of works by Turner was sold at Christies, June 27, 1890. Mr. Fawkes was one of Turners intimatefriends, and a generous patron. Exhibited at Burlington House, 1889. Height, 8^ inches ; length, 12^
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