FENNING, B. - Lot 99

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FENNING, B. - Lot 99
FENNING, B. [Album of drawings] [England], 1832-1835 REMARKABLE SET OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. ENGLISH HUNTING 32 original graphite drawings (170 x 227mm) enhanced with gouache at the time, the vast majority signed "B. Fenning" or "F. B", some with pencil captions. All mounted on sheets of paper. BINDING: green morocco, stamped medallion with hunting motif in the center of the boards, framed with fillets and gilt roulette, ornate ribbed spine. PROVENANCE: Paris, May 15, 2007, lot 20 Although the author of these drawings is a mystery (his name does not appear in either Bénézit or Thieme & Becker), a few others are known. Note the presence of cheetahs in some of the scenes he painted here.
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