Abandoned Cottage On Moor Near Edzell Castle

Charles Doyle (1832-1893)

INSCRIBED WITH TITLE
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR
7 X 9 3/4 INCHES

REVERSE:
SMALL HOUSE IN CORNER OF EDZELL CASTLE COURT
INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND 'NOTE: NOTWITHSTANDING THE DATE 1604, I AM CONVINCED FROM THE SYMBOLISM OF THESE PANNELS THAT THE PROPRIETORS & BUILDERS OF THIS CASTLE WERE CATHOLICS – A VERY INTERESTING HISTORIC FACT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE ... FOR BY THE LOCAL TRADITIONS'
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR
7 X 9 3/4 INCHES

TAKEN FROM A SKETCH BOOK OF THE 1880S, WHICH IS INSCRIBED 'IDA WITH MAMA'S LOVE' AND DATED '11TH APRIL 1899' ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER. IDA WAS THE NICKNAME OF DOYLE'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, JANE ADELAIDE ROSE.
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1837-2012',
NOVEMBER 2012 - JANUARY 2013, NO 88

Price

£1,650

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