Lot 51: Percy (Lady Elizabeth Susan, 1782-1847). "Castel

Percy (Lady Elizabeth Susan, 1782-1847). "Castel di Lettere", 6 August 1833, pencil and monochrome wash with traces of bodycolour, showing a view of the castle with a group of people gathered under a large tree in the foreground, titled and dated lower right, 27.5 x 21cm (10.75 x 8.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed, together with "Valle di Gragnano", 22 August 1833, pencil and monochrome wash with traces of bodycolour, showing a viaduct and various figures, titled and dated lower left, 27 x 20.5cm (10.75 x 8ins), mounted, framed and glazed. Lady Elizabeth Susan Percy was the second daughter of the 1st Earl of Beverley and niece of the 4th Duke of Northumberland. She travelled to Europe on the Grand Tour and was in Rome between 1834 and 1838. 'She was a mirror of the topographical fashions of her time, beginning as an imitator of Hearne, and ending, by way of Girtin and Sir G. Beaumont, as an imitator of Leitch and Lear'. (Mallalieu, The Dictionary of Watercolour Artists up to 1920, 1988) (2)
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