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FLORENCE ANNE CLAXTON.
“Sketches from the Life of an Artist.” 6 watercolor, ink and wash illustrations on board.
Average size 6
1
/
4
x5
1
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2
inches, image. One image with clear signature, another faint, others
unsigned. 1859.Tipped to old matte board, some glue residue along unseen edges.
[350/500]
One image with contemporary manuscript label on rear indicating that they were exhibited in the
Royal Academy in 1859, Catalogue No. 980 and “On the frame of this picture was Christie’s work
as follows: 173AX.”The images are titled “Early Struggles,” “Patrons,” “My first Madonna,” “My
second Madonna,”“[?] and the line,” and “A bit of true Nature.”
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