Lot 239
Danford, Charles, watercolour sketches
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 5 September 2007 at 12:00 BST
Description
2 large folios, comprising watercolours of Scotland (Stonehaven, Kyle of Sutherland, Braemar), Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Cornwall, Transylvania (Mexorseg, Deuisus, Retjezat, Malomviz), Greece (Domatea, Athens, Rhodes, Syra), Turkey (Varna, Smyrna, Adalia, Tarsus, Taurus mountains, River Cydnus, Samsoun, Adana, Kaiseri), the Danube, Black Sea (Odessa), France (Calais, Condette, Etaples, Pont de Breques), Germany (Nurnberg, Dresden, Heligoland), Austria (Styria), Italy (Vesuvius, Pompeii), Biridjek (Euphrates), Holland, Roumania (Lotu valley), Czech Republic (Prague), Hungary (Neusiedler lake, Budapest, Fiseh See, Tatra mountains), from 9 x 11cm to 30 x 45cm., 2 volumes, large folio, green half morocco, rubbed, [c.1880-1890]
Footnote
Note: A keen sportsman and ornithologist, Charles Danford translated Prince Rudolph of Austria's book Notes on Sport and Ornithology