Lot 30: * Leighton (Lady Mary, 1810-1864). The Blind

* Leighton (Lady Mary, 1810-1864). The Blind Harpist, 1832, watercolour on paper depicting a blind male figure sitting at a harp with female figure supporting his hand, with a tent pictured in the background with 'The Lion' notice attached above the doorway and figures crowding around, ink manuscript annotation to verso "copied from a drawing by Richter in the possesion of Lt. H. Wynne by Mary Leighton, Nov. 1832" and pencil annotation "the original was destroyed when Wynnstay was burnt", 42 x 30cm (16.5 x 12ins), back board with similar pencil annotated label, ornate carved oak frame incorporating pierced decoration and richly carved corner bosses each of different design, using lattice foliate designs and fleur-de-lis. Lady Mary Leighton of Loton Park, née Parker (1810-1864) married Sir Baldwin Leighton Bt. of Loton Hall, Shropshire in 1832. Two years previously in 1830, she accompanied her brother Rev. John Parker to Palestine where they both sketched. Some of their works are held by the National Library of Wales. Her second son Stanley Leighton MP (1837-1901) was the author and illustrator of Salop Houses Past and Present 1902. Provenance: Sir Michael Leighton Bt., Loton Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. (1)
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