Lot 139: Charles G. Danford , fl. 1870-1895 An album of drawings and watercolours approximately four hundred and thirty-seven, most watercolour over pencil, twelve pen and black ink, eleven pencil, and seven etchings

including views in: Hungary; England; France; Germany; the Czech Republic; Scotland; Styria (modern day Austria); Wales; Transylvania and elsewhere most signed and dated between 1860 and 1890 approximately four hundred and thirty-seven, most watercolour over pencil, twelve pen and black ink, eleven pencil, and seven etchings

various sizes

Charles G. Danford (fl. 1870s-1890s) was born in Scotland. He was an accomplished artist, sportsman and ornithologist. Elected as a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1874, during his lifetime he travelled extensively in the Near East and Europe. A second album of watercolours and prints by Danford, mainly depicting views of Turkey, Greece and the Balkans, was sold in these Rooms on the 13υth November 2008, lot 77 for £38,000.