A 19TH CENTURY ALBUM OF DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS, AND ENGRAVINGS, MOSTLY TOPOGRAPHICAL NEOPOLITAN SUBJECTS, ENTITLED BATHILDA
European School, 19th century

An album with embossed gilt tooled leather binding, measuring 26x 35 cm overall (various sizes within) and containing sixty five examples featuring Portraits; Costume studies; Cathederals; Lake scenes and Botanical studies, including:

ITALIAN SCHOOL 19TH CENTURY
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 1631, as seen from the Torre del Greco
inscribed (lower center)
gouache

ITALIAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Capri Hotel de la Victoire, May 7th 1841
pencil and watercolour wash, inscribed and dated

ACKILLES (C.MID 19TH CENTURY) EAFTER HORACE VERNET (FRENCH 1789 - 1863)
Napoleon's Tomb
watercolour and bodycolour
After a painting Vernet produced immediately after learning in 1821 of Napoleon’s death on the island of St. Helena.

BRITISH SCHOOL (C.1846)
Sikh calvery, Akali Sikhs Battle of Aliwal on 28th January 1846 in the First Sikh War
initaled and inscribed R.W.S to his friend C.H.J.F (lower right)
pencil
published in the London illustrated news 1846-1849.

EUROPEAN SCHOOL (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
An Indian dwelling
watercolour
together with Neoplitan traditonal costume studies; architectral studies; many inscribed and dated (mid 19th century)

Private family collection, the Loire Valley, France