John Frederick Lewis

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1805-1876

Fruitsellers on a Venetian Canal

Watercolor and tempera, over pencil, on wove paper, mounted to pasteboard.

19 3/8 x 24 11/16 inches (492 x 627 mm)

Purchased on the E.J. Rousuck Fund.

1977.30

Inscription:

Signed with initials in pen and brown ink on boat, "J.F.L."

Provenance:

Stephen Spector.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 273.

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Watermark: none visible through pasteboard mount.

Associated names:

Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.

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