The Cedars of Lebanon

Year 1832-1834

Medium Pencil and watercolour, with scratching out

Dimensions 13 x 20.3 cm (5 1/8 x 8 in.)

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Factsheet

Collection of James Wadmore (1782 - 1853);

his sale at Christie's, 5 June 1863 (lot 101, as 'Lebanon in Thunderstorm'), by Wallis;

Myles Kennedy;

his sale at Christie's, 16 March 1889 (lot 49);

Coll. Arthur Samuel;

Coll. Richard Nathanson, London, by 1979;
Sotheby's. London, 19 March 1981 (lot 181);

Private collection;
Christie's, London, 27 November 2002 (lot 7);
Private collection.

Literature

A. Wilton, <i>The Life and work of J.M.W. Turner</i>, Fribourg and London, 1979, p. 450, no. 1263.

Exhibitions / Fairs

London, Leighton House, Romantic Lebanon: The European View 1700-1900, 1986, no. 72, illustrated in colour, p. 29, as 'The Cedars of Lebanon'.

London, Royal Academy, Turner: The Great Watercolours, 2000 - 01, no. 83, illustrated in colour.

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