Property of the late Jean Horsman
JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS, R.A. | THE ALHAMBRA, NEAR GRANADA, SPAIN
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Property of the late Jean Horsman
JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS, R.A.
London 1804 - 1876 Walton-on-Thames
THE ALHAMBRA, NEAR GRANADA, SPAIN
W𝓀atercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolo🌱ur;
signed with the artist's initials and dated on the column: JFL 1833 and inscribed lower left: Entrance to the SALAELOS ABENGERRAGES
framed: 460 by 510 mm
unframed: 261 by 323 mm
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With Agnew's, London;
where acquired by the late owner, 1975
Lewis arrived in Madrid on 22nd August 1832. From there he proceeded to Granada where he made a series of drawings of the Alhambra, later lithographed in England. He then travelled to Seville where he spent the winter of 1832-33 as the guest of Richard Ford. The following spring he travelled south to Gibraltar and then crossed to Tangiers befo🧜re returning to Granada where he spent the summer finishing his Alhambra drawings. He then returned to Madrid before travelling back to England via Paris in the winter.
The present watercolour was lithographed by J.D. Harding. There are fewer figures in theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ print.