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EDWARD DAYES (LONDON 1763-1804)

Lot 11
24.03.2022 11:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 4 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 725219
Lot 11 | EDWARD DAYES (LONDON 1763-1804)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
EDWARD DAYES (LONDON 1763-1804)
'A view of a cascade and pillars of basalte in the Island of Osteroe, one of the Faroe Isles'
signed 'Edwd Dayes delt.' (lower left), inscribed 'View of a Cascade & Pillars of Basalte in the Island of Osteroe one of the Färoe Isles' (lower centre in the margin), and dated '1790.' (lower right in the margin), and with further inscription, apparently by Lord Stanley '...are in a place so beautifull [sic] as the cascade presented in this Drawing. They were too high above us to form any exact conjecture concerning their proportions, but are imagined.../ ... from the waters edge to the top of the highest column to be nearly four hundred feet higher, where the columns are... perpendicular from the gully through which the torrents begin to rush down/ the hill, a pillar has detached itself and lies across the opening. Some others threaten to fall in the same manner as this has done, many others have done so already and are stood in fragments on the sides of/ the mountain. The scenery on either side, the straits through which we were rowing is beautifull [sic] and varied. Numberless cascades fall from the heights on the side of the Osteroe and high mountains/ of the most picturesque shapes tower one above another on the Island of Stromvoe [Streymoy]. The highest of these and of any of the Faroe Islands is Skellingfell. Mr Wright... formed by a very/ accurate measurement and by the Barometer, that the highest was 2000 feet.' (verso)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on paper
161/4 x 22 in. (41.3 x 56 cm.)
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8 King Street, St. James's
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