Lot 694: JOHAN COENRAAD HAMBURGER

JOHAN COENRAAD HAMBURGER FRANKFURT AM MAIN 1809 - 1871 (?) A LADY AND GENTLEMAN STANDING IN FRONT OF DOORWAYS Quantity: 2 Pen and black ink and black chalk; The gentleman signed, verso : J.C. Hamburger , and inscribed lower left: dit hokje wat lager , and the lady signed, verso , J.C. Hamburger , inscribed, lower right: groen , and inscribed, verso : voor het / Stuk van W:P: Wellens / Hoog 25 duym en Breet 20 duym / Rynlandsche Straat Each circa 410 by 270 mm; 16 1/8 by 10 5/8 in

Though born in Germany, Hamburger lived in London from 1829 until 1836, where he was named portrait painter to King William IV, and then moved to Amsterdam, ultimately becoming a naturalised Dutchman.