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Watercolor and whitening on paper, signed and dated at lower left "John Absolon / 1861" and inscribed "Isolo Piscatore." A charming scene featuring well-dressed women and their gentlemen companions disembarking from pleasure craft on the shores of Isolo Piscatore on Lake Maggiore. Matted and framed under glass.
SS 12 x 28.75 in.; DOA 21.5 x 38 in.
The Unicorn Gallery, Cheshire & Prestbury, United Kingdom Clark Art Gallery (founded 1923), Raleigh, North Carolina
In SOMETHING OF ITALY by W. Chambers, published in 1862, the author describes his visit to the Borromean isles "in a boat under a white awning."
$1,000 - 2,000