Lot 99: Harry John Johnson, RI (British, 1826-1884) The Acropolis of Athens, with Mount Hymettus and the Temple of Olympian Zeus, as seen from the slopes of the Pass of Daphne, on the Eleusinian road; A farmer ploughing with the Acropolis beyond, a set of

Harry John Johnson, RI
The Acropolis of Athens, with Mount Hymettus and the Temple of Olympian Zeus, as seen from the slopes of the Pass of Daphne, on the Eleusinian road; A farmer ploughing with the Acropolis beyond, a set of two
both signed with initials (one lower right, one lower left)
watercolour
30.5 x 50.1cm (12 x 19 3/4in) and 28 x 53.3cm (11 x 21in). (2)

Footnotes

• These charming watercolours depict the rural idyll of 19th century Greece in the countryside around Athens.