ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DAVIS (WEST INDIES 1757-1819 LONDON )

Lot 174
03.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1513673
Lot 174 | ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DAVIS (WEST INDIES 1757-1819 LONDON )
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DAVIS (WEST INDIES 1757-1819 LONDON )
Belvedere House, Calcutta: The seat of Colonel William Tolly (1715-1784)
inscribed 'Belvidere [sic] House Calcutta Bengal, the Seat of Colonel Tolley [sic]' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, within the artist's original wash-lines on paper
8 ¾ x 14 5/8 in. (22.2 x 37.1 cm.)




Provenance

Probably Emma Charlotte Leslie-Melville (d. 1946), wife of the Rev. John Otter Stephens (1832-1925), and by descent to their daughter,
Agnes de Sivrac Edith, Lady MacMichael (1888-1974), and by descent to the present owner.
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