26th Mar, 2010 9:00 GMT/BST

Spring Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 685
 

685

Samuel Towers RCamA (1862-1943) "The Village of Firwood Fold, the Birth Place of Samuel...

Samuel Towers RCamA (1862-1943)
"The Village of Firwood Fold, the Birth Place of Samuel Crompton"
Signed, extensively inscribed on an exhibition label verso, pencil and watercolour, 44cm by 58.5cm

Exhibited: The Bolton Museum and Art Gallery

Sold for £460
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

The work has faded, there is some slight surface dirt to the paper, this is minimal and it appears to be in the top left corner above the roof of the cottage, with further dirt to the underside of the glass. Contained within a 1960s rather poor quality washline card mount, the mount is rather dirty, scuffed and scratched in places, and also contained within an outer 1940/50s gilt plaster and wooden frame under glass, one or two pieces of plaster are missing from the frame. 120210

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Auction: Spring Catalogue Sale, 26th Mar, 2010

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