Lot 44: Queen Victoria in the drawing room at Cinier; Queen Victoria arriving in Nice; King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and the Duke of Clarence on the deck of a ship; Statue of Lord Roberts, unveiled at Calcutta by the Viceroy Lord Elgin; and King Edward VII, seated in a carriage beside President Loubet

Adolphe Forestier (French, 1801-1885) Queen Victoria in the drawing room at Cinier; Queen Victoria arriving in Nice; King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and the Duke of Clarence on the deck of a ship; Statue of Lord Roberts, unveiled at Calcutta by the Viceroy Lord Elgin; and King Edward VII, seated in a carriage beside President Loubet the first signed, inscribed and dated 'AFORESTIER/Cinier 21 March 97'(lower left); the second signed, inscribed and dated 'AFORESTIER/ NICE 99' (lower left); the third signed 'AFORESTIER' (lower left); the fifth signed with monogram (lower left) and indistinctly inscribed (lower right) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper 19 ½ x 15 ¾ in. (49.5 x 40 cm.); and smaller (5)

49.5 x 40 cm.

(1)The Illustrated London News, 18 March 1899, not traced. (2)The Illustrated London News, 27 March 1897, not traced. (4)The Illustrated London News, 2 March 1899, not traced.

(3) Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1997, part lot 535.