Sicilian Lettiga
| Reference: | S40615 |
| Author | Arthur John STRUTT |
| Year: | 1845 |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 380 x 305 mm |
€450.00
| Reference: | S40615 |
| Author | Arthur John STRUTT |
| Year: | 1845 |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 380 x 305 mm |
€450.00
Description
Costume scene depicting the classic Sicilian litter; Etna can be seen in the background.
Painted from life and engraved by Arthur John Strutt.
Etching, 1845 circa, signed and dated at the bottom.
Arthur John Strutt (1819, in Chelmsford – 1888, in Rome), was an English painter, engraver, writer, traveller and archaeologist. He was the son of the landscape painter Jacob George Strutt (1790–1864) and the writer and traveller Elizabeth Strutt. In 1841 he travelled on foot through central and southern Italy and in Sicily. He and his friend, the poet William Jackson, otherwise unknown, started from the Porta San Giovanni of Rome on 30 April 1841, reaching Palermo on 15 December, and arriving back at Rome in July of the following year. An account of this journey is given in his A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria & Sicily published in London, in 1842.
A fine impression, on contemporary paper, large margins, very good condition.
Arthur John STRUTT (Chelmsford, 12 giugno 1818 – Roma, 1888)
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Arthur John Strutt (1819, in Chelmsford – 1888, in Rome), was an English painter, engraver, writer, traveller and archaeologist. He was the son of the landscape painter Jacob George Strutt (1790–1864) and the writer and traveller Elizabeth Strutt. In 1841 he travelled on foot through central and southern Italy and in Sicily. He and his friend, the poet William Jackson, otherwise unknown, started from the Porta San Giovanni of Rome on 30 April 1841, reaching Palermo on 15 December, and arriving back at Rome in July of the following year. An account of this journey is given in his A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria & Sicily published in London, in 1842.
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Arthur John STRUTT (Chelmsford, 12 giugno 1818 – Roma, 1888)
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Arthur John Strutt (1819, in Chelmsford – 1888, in Rome), was an English painter, engraver, writer, traveller and archaeologist. He was the son of the landscape painter Jacob George Strutt (1790–1864) and the writer and traveller Elizabeth Strutt. In 1841 he travelled on foot through central and southern Italy and in Sicily. He and his friend, the poet William Jackson, otherwise unknown, started from the Porta San Giovanni of Rome on 30 April 1841, reaching Palermo on 15 December, and arriving back at Rome in July of the following year. An account of this journey is given in his A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria & Sicily published in London, in 1842.
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