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Lot 410

John Brett

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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(British, 1830-1902) "Millport." (B 1202); View of Millport, Scotland, 1886, signed verso on canvas "John Brett" inscribed upper left "Millport 17 July 86", oil on canvas, 7 x 14-1/8 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, original stretcher and tacking edge, slightly yellowed varnish, abrasions at edges; frame with minor losses and repairs. Provenance: Old Hall Gallery Limited, Sussex, England; A Private Atlanta Collection; Exhibited: The Fine Art Society in 1886 (no. 45), and at Cheltenham in 1894; Literature: Payne, Christina; Brett, Charles, [John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter], New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, slightly yellowed varnish, abrasions at edges; frame with minor losses and repairs