Lot 136: Charles Altamont Doyle (London 1832-1893 Crighton Institute, Dumfries)

Charles Altamont Doyle (London 1832-1893 Crighton Institute, Dumfries)
The spirits of the prisoners
indistinctly inscribed (recto) and further inscribed 'Nυos 4 What probably no one ever saw swirl over the sunny side gable and disappear round the Corner The constellation under which this appearance was it observed, was the Great Bear' (verso)
pencil, pen and brown ink, blue wash
14 x 10 1/8 in. (35.4 x 25.7 cm.)

With Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1974, where acquired by Christian Peper.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN B. PEPER

Charles Altamont Doyle (London 1832-1893 Crighton Institute, Dumfries)
The spirits of the prisoners
indistinctly inscribed (recto) and further inscribed 'Nυos 4 What probably no one ever saw swirl over the sunny side gable and disappear round the Corner The constellation under which this appearance was it observed, was the Great Bear' (verso)
pencil, pen and brown ink, blue wash
14 x 10 1/8 in. (35.4 x 25.7 cm.)