Lot 1493
JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS, RA (1804-1876)
A MARKET SQUARE IN MADRID
Inscribed Madrid, pencil with touches of white heightening
13.5 x 10cm.
Provenance: By descent in the Meynell family of Hoar Cross Hall, Staffordshire
* Lewis was in Madrid from July to September 1831 on his way further south to Seville, and spent much time in the Prado, studying and copying the old master paintings, especially Murillo and Velazquez. We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
