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b. 1830 - d. 1869

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    • CHARLES W. ANDREWS - Muchacha filipina con un paraguas
      May. 21, 2024

      CHARLES W. ANDREWS - Muchacha filipina con un paraguas

      Est: -

      CHARLES W. ANDREWS 1830 - ? Muchacha filipina con un paraguas Grabado coloreado a mano Medidas 320 x 210 mm Charles W. Andrews se trasladó a Manila en 1857 y trabajó como ilustrador de la Ilustracion Filipina en Manila en 1859-60 donde procede esta obra.

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    • Charles W. Andrews (British, circa 1830 - 1869)
      Feb. 18, 2023

      Charles W. Andrews (British, circa 1830 - 1869)

      Est: ₱400,000 - ₱520,000

      Charles W. Andrews (British, circa 1830 - 1869) Santo Domingo Church after the 1863 Earthquake, Philippines signed and dated 1863 (lower left) watercolor on board 14" x 10 1/2" (36 cm x 27 cm) PROVENANCE: Private Collection, UK Charles W. Andrews was a British artist who arrived in Sydney, Australia, in 1853 aboard the steamship Cleopatra. Andrews introduced himself as a “Portrait and Miniature Painter” in the Illustrated Sydney News, and his illustrations appeared in the local press and various printed ephemera. After living in Sydney for roughly four years, Andrews immigrated to Hong Kong in 1857. That same year, Andrews visited Manila. He worked for the Hong Kong and Philippine presses from 1857 to the 1860s and was the leading artist for the short-lived Ilustracion Filipina in Manila from 1859 to 1860. Among Andrews’ best-known works are his illustrations depicting various Philippine scenes. Perhaps his most poignant are his depictions of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Manila and adjacent provinces on June 3, 1863, at approximately 7:31 in the evening, the feast of Corpus Christi. A tribulation that lasted for about thirty seconds, the earthquake wreaked havoc on precious life, elegant architecture, and valuable properties. In his Catalogue of violent and destructive earthquakes in the Philippines, published in 1910, the Jesuit priest/ scientist Fray Miguel Saderra Masó noted that the 1863 earthquake was: “a disastrous earthquake, comparable with that of 1645. Laid in ruins the [Manila] Cathedral and nearly all other churches, except San Agustin, the palace of the GovernorGeneral, the Audiencia, the barracks, warehouses, etc.; all in all, 46 public buildings in ruins, and 25 others badly damaged. Of private houses, 570 were destroyed, 531 left tottering. Total, 1,172 buildings in ruins or badly damaged. The number of victims was appalling. It is estimated that in Manila and the surrounding towns alone, the number of killed reached 400, that of the injured 2,000. The catastrophe likewise involved many towns in Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite, where it destroyed churches and a great number of houses.” One of the most eminent personalities who died from the earthquake was Father Pedro Pelaez, the “Father of the Philippine Secularization Movement.” Pelaez, together with members of Manila’s Cabildo Eclesíastico, was unfortunately inside the Manila Cathedral celebrating the solemn rites of Corpus Christi. Fourteen members of the Cabildo in the Cathedral survived the earthquake, including Pelaez’s protégé, Jose Burgos, who would be martyred in Bagumbayan with Jacinto Zamora and Mariano Gomez due to accusations stemming from the 1872 Cavite Mutiny. In this particular piece, Andrews depicts the home of the miraculous La Naval de Manila, the ravaged edifice of the ‘Fourth’ Santo Domingo Church (formally inaugurated in 1753 and the fourth church structure to be built after the much destructive 1645 earthquake destroyed the third one), with its ruined bell towers and damaged exteriors. Debris from the destroyed left belfry is hazardously scattered throughout the vicinity. Two Dominican friars dressed in their religious habits are seen conversing with each other, probably surveying the damage sustained by their mother church. Intriguing figures of two women dressed in an all-black traje de mestiza, with their faces covered with veils, signify mourning for the destruction of the great walled city and the death of many of its inhabitants. The Santo Domingo Church would again be rebuilt beginning in 1864 in its iconic Neo-Gothic style designed by Filipino architect Felix Roxas. The ‘Fifth’ Santo Domingo Church, inaugurated in 1868, was one of the most glorious churches in pre-war Intramuros. On December 27, 1941, the Santo Domingo Church of Intramuros would meet its final demise, with its magnificent Neo-Gothic structure reduced to ashes by Japanese bombs after the Japanese had invaded Manila. The ‘Sixth’ Santo Domingo Church would be inaugurated in 1954, albeit in a different location, in Quezon City. (A.M.)

      Leon Gallery
    • Charles William Andrews (British, circa 1830-1869) Manila Cathedral after the 1863 earthquake, Philippines
      Sep. 20, 2022

      Charles William Andrews (British, circa 1830-1869) Manila Cathedral after the 1863 earthquake, Philippines

      Est: £2,000 - £3,000

      Charles William Andrews (British, circa 1830-1869) Manila Cathedral after the 1863 earthquake, Philippines signed and dated 'C.W.Andrews.1863' (lower left) watercolour 35.8 x 26.2cm (14 1/8 x 10 5/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

      Bonhams
    • Charles W. Andrews (British, circa 1830 - 1869) - Paquil Laguna de Bay, Manila
      Sep. 10, 2022

      Charles W. Andrews (British, circa 1830 - 1869) - Paquil Laguna de Bay, Manila

      Est: ₱200,000 - ₱260,000

      Charles W. Andrews (British, circa 1830 - 1869) Paquil Laguna de Bay, Manila signed and dated 'C.W.Andrews/1857' (lower right); bears inscription 'L.R Bell (H.V.B's father)/ & Georgina Bell " Aunt/Seated/Paguil Laguna de Bay/Manila - Dec. 25th 1857' (verso) watercolor on paper 7 1/4" x 11 3/4" (18 cm x 30 cm) The present lot depicts two Filipinas performing a traditional folk dance for their Scottish guests, Laurence Robert Bell (the current owner's great grandfather) and his sister Georgina Bell, which is thought to have taken place on Christmas Day in 1857. The two women swirl energetically in the center of the tableau, arms raised, in the graceful motions of the habanera. ‘L.R. Bell' and friends are suitably intrigued. As are an entire room of indio men. A Filipino capitan de barangay, distinguished by a broad salakot decorated with a silver finial and florets that catch the light is on the left. (There are two more of these village chieftains in the crowd as well.) A band plays and the air of festivity if palpable. Andrews had only just moved to Hong Kong from Sydney in 1857, visiting Manila in the same year. He worked for the press in Hong Kong and the Philippines from 1857 into the 1860s, and was the main artist for the short-lived Ilustracion Filipina in Manila in 1859-60.

      Leon Gallery
    • Charles William Andrews (British, circa 1830-1869) Paguil Laguna de Bay, Manila
      Mar. 02, 2022

      Charles William Andrews (British, circa 1830-1869) Paguil Laguna de Bay, Manila

      Est: £2,000 - £4,000

      Charles William Andrews (British, circa 1830-1869) Paguil Laguna de Bay, Manila signed and dated 'C.W.Andrews/1857' (lower right); bears later inscription 'L.R Bell (H.V.B's father)/&Georgina Bell '' Aunt/Seated/Paguil Laguna de Bay/Manila - Dec. 25th 1857' (verso) watercolour and bodycolour 18.4 x 29.2cm (7 1/4 x 11 1/2in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

      Bonhams
    • Charles W. Andrews (1830 - 1869) A Filipina Standing at A Fountain Beneath A Banana Tree
      Dec. 04, 2021

      Charles W. Andrews (1830 - 1869) A Filipina Standing at A Fountain Beneath A Banana Tree

      Est: ₱600,000 - ₱780,000

      Charles W. Andrews (1830 - 1869) A Filipina Standing at A Fountain Beneath A Banana Tree signed and dated 1863 (lower right) watercolor on card 19 1/2" x 15" (50 cm x 38 cm) Private Collection, UK Sotheby's, Travel, Atlases, Maps, and Travel History, United Kingdom, 13 May 2021, Lot 16 The Britisher Charles W. Andrews is most known for his drawings and lithographs. A few watercolors have surfaced at auction but they do not have the size, scale, nor the amount of such intense and irresistible detail to be found in this artwork. Andrews would provide drawings for the Ilustracion Filipina for less than two years while he was based out of Hong Kong. He would travel to Manila on occasion, certainly to be able to record scenes which he would supply to the London and colonial press, hungry for images of exotic people and locales. This watercolor is approximately 5 to 6 inches taller and wider than his usual output and is done in for his personal collection and not for commercial sale. It pictures a Filipina in a traditional blouse of fiber, worn with a striped overskirt tied at her waist. She wears a religious scapular and a bouquet of flowers. The young girl is portrayed as a maiden because of her loose, unbound hair. She leans against a clay jar called a banga, presumably just before she draws water that pours from a bamboo tube from an unseen spring. Around her is a primeval forest with banana trees far taller than her and vegetation so lush that it seems to tumble down the mountainside. In the distance are blue hills and a coconut palm leaning towards the wind. All in all, this is a wonderfully composed work in excellent condition.

      Leon Gallery
    • Charles W. Andrews (1830 - 1869), A House on the Rio Pasig, Manila
      Jun. 11, 2016

      Charles W. Andrews (1830 - 1869), A House on the Rio Pasig, Manila

      Est: ₱200,000 - ₱260,000

      Charles W. Andrews (1830 - 1869), A House on the Rio Pasig, Manila, signed and dated 1858 (lower right), pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 9 1/2” x 13” (24 cm x 33 cm)

      Leon Gallery
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