Dr. William Crotch
Sir Joseph Lock's organ room, Oxford
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
Dr. William Crotch (Norwich 1775-1847 Taunton, Somerset)
Sir Joseph Lock's organ room, Oxford
numbered, inscribed and dated 'N o 1 Sir Joseph Lock's Organ Room Oxford/Over the organ, A Cast of Roubiliac's Mon t of Handel Westminster Abbey/& 2 Sphinxes - The/Original Egyptian/Sphinx is supposed by some/to be the figure of some animal w c h has by Time assumed a/resemblance to the female face & bust - others say it is a combination of/the 2 summer signs of the Lion & the Virgin/Copied Aug 31 1842. The original is in oblique perspective/The Organ was built for his/own/daughter by England' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, on paper
7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.8 cm.); and A watercolour of the interior of a roccoco style drawing room, English School, 19th Century (2)
Sir Joseph Lock's organ room, Oxford
numbered, inscribed and dated 'N o 1 Sir Joseph Lock's Organ Room Oxford/Over the organ, A Cast of Roubiliac's Mon t of Handel Westminster Abbey/& 2 Sphinxes - The/Original Egyptian/Sphinx is supposed by some/to be the figure of some animal w c h has by Time assumed a/resemblance to the female face & bust - others say it is a combination of/the 2 summer signs of the Lion & the Virgin/Copied Aug 31 1842. The original is in oblique perspective/The Organ was built for his/own/daughter by England' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, on paper
7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.8 cm.); and A watercolour of the interior of a roccoco style drawing room, English School, 19th Century (2)
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