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Honfleur, Normandie

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Date

19th Century

Artist

J. P.

Collection

Private Collection

Description

This small painting came from a collection of watercolours, mainly comprising small paintings by George Cumberland (1754-1848), which show signs of having being pasted in an early 19th-century album. It depicts a street scene in Honfleur, with old timbered buildings and the bell tower of the well-known church of St Catherine, France's largest timber-built church. The street looks to be cobbled with a gully/drain running down the centre, and there is an old ruined wall to the left and buildings to the right which are no longer there. The artist has initialled/inscribed 'JP, Honfleur, Normandie' on the lower right. The artist has also sketched an amusing little vignette scene of some musicians and barking dog at the base of the image (apparently drawn in the same ink as the inscription).

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Image Credit

Courtesy of a private collector

Location

Saint Catherine's Church, Honfleur, Normandy, France

Country

France

Medium

Watercolour