ID 859639
Lot 55 | Fore-edge painting
Estimate value
$ 2 000 – 3 000
An early 19th-century example of fore-edge painting, featuring five men within a frame of bricks and mortar, probably inside a cathedral, leaning forward in intimate discussion beneath a hanging oil lamp.
Large quarto (317 x 237mm). Fore-edge painting, possibly signed "A.R." (a little faded, small surface scratch). Early 19th-century green morocco gilt, red morocco inlayed border and central panel (some rubbing at extremities).
| Genre: | Religious genre |
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| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Genre: | Religious genre |
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| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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