Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry GMarquand . HBHHHBLJ. J. M. W. TURNER, 1775-1851 16— From Ehrenbreitstein Water Color A portion of one of the ramparts appears on the left of the picture, near to atower on which there is a statue within a niche. A figure in white, with black hood,stands below, and others are approaching up the steep incline beyond. At the back ofthe tower rises a cliff from which the ground, curtained with a loop-holed wall, rapidlydescends to grass and trees, and finally to the river. An island lies in the stream, andon t
Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry GMarquand . HBHHHBLJ. J. M. W. TURNER, 1775-1851 16— From Ehrenbreitstein Water Color A portion of one of the ramparts appears on the left of the picture, near to atower on which there is a statue within a niche. A figure in white, with black hood,stands below, and others are approaching up the steep incline beyond. At the back ofthe tower rises a cliff from which the ground, curtained with a loop-holed wall, rapidlydescends to grass and trees, and finally to the river. An island lies in the stream, andon the opposite bank appear the gray-green hills. In the centre of the sky the suns disklooms large in a hazy atmosphere. 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^ inches. LIONEL P. SMYTHE 17— In the IVoods Water Color A child is forcing her
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