The spirits of the prisoners

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

The spirits of the prisoners

成交价美元 16,250

細明拍品专文

Charles Altamont Doyle (London 1832-1893 Crighton Institute, Dumfries)
The spirits of the prisoners
indistinctly inscribed (recto) and further inscribed 'N^os 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.

拍品专文

The tall gabled building depicted in the present watercolour closely resembles that of Sunnyside House, Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum where Doyle was committed. He was later moved to Crighton Institute in Dumfries where he died of epilepsy. There is a related watercolor showing the same building with the spirits in M. Baker, , London, 1978, p. 75.