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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
Journey to Scandinavia, 18…
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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
Journey to Scandinavia, 18…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
Journey to Scandinavia, 1838
Three pencil or watercolour drawings, signed, dated and located:
- Glacier at the E.S.E. of Bell-sound Bay". Located Spitzbergen". 23.8 x 34.8 cm.
- Braadstad sawmills, near Lund. 27.5 x 44.5 cm.
- Munkholm Tower, Drontheim Harbour. 24 x 32.5 cm.
Various formats.
Provenance: collection of Paul Guieysse (1841-1914), General Councillor for the canton of Lorient-Nord (1881-1889 and 1898-1901), Member of Parliament for Morbihan between 1890 and 1910 and Minister for the Colonies between 1895 and 1896; by family transmission, private collection, Paris.
Mayer. Journey in Scandinavia. Three pencil and watercolour drawings. 1838.
Bibliography: Joseph Paul Gaimard, "Voyages de la Commission scientifique du Nord en Scandinavie", Paris, Bertrand, 1852, preparatory drawings for plates 138, 58 and 93.
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