Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 4th March 2020

Lot 79

George Hotham (1796-1860) Napoleon Bonaparte at Longwood

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1300

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Description

George Hotham (1796-1860)

Napoleon Bonaparte at Longwood, St. Helena

Signed with initials, titled and dated Napoleon Bonaparte as seen at Longwood, in the Island of St Helena, July 17th 1817, and numbered 38

Pencil

21.3 x 18.6cm; 8½ x 7¼in

Provenance:

Sotheby's, London, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours, 14 July 1988, lot 5 (as part of a folio of drawings);

Spink, London