Lot 126: EDWARD HODGES CREE 1814-1901 FIGURES AND GUINEA FOWL IN A WOODLAND; A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CITADEL,

EDWARD HODGES CREE 1814-1901 FIGURES AND GUINEA FOWL IN A WOODLAND; A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CITADEL, CORFU

two, both signed l.r.: E.H.Cree/1861

watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour and stopping out

Quantity: 2

CATALOGUE NOTE

Edward Hodges Cree served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy between 1837 and 1869. His last seagoing appointment was in 1861 aboard the H.M.S.Orion. In June 1861 the ship was noted as being somewhere around the Ionian Islands where Cree drew the present watercolours. He retired from service later that year

one 35 by 50 cm., 13 3/4 by 19 3/4 in., the other 36 by 51.1 cm., 14 1/4 by 20 1/4 in.