The Primitive City

Edward Calvert (1799 - 1883)

British Museum

1822

Small watercolour of a naked woman under a fruit tree by a stream outside a town. A very early work showing Blake's influence before the artist met Blake. Signed: Edward Calvert 1822.

• Medium: watercolour with pen & ink outlines
• Dimensions: 8 x 11 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £100 ( Total: £100)
• ArtFunded in: 1947
• Vendor: Mrs Louis Davis

Provenance

(?) George Richmond; Sir Sidney Colvin; Red Cross Sale, bt Louis Davis; 1941 his widow.

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