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INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND 'SEVILLE'
PENCIL DRAWING OF SEVILLE ON REVERSE
PEN AND INK WITH PENCIL
3 3/4 X 4 INCHES
THIS IS PROBABLY A PORTRAIT OF CHARLES URBAN SARTORIS (1825-1884), THE BROTHER OF FREDERICK URBAN SARTORIS (1819-1887), WHO HAD BEEN A CONTEMPORARY OF HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. IT IS LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN DRAWN IN JUNE 1848, DURING THE ARTIST'S FIRST VISIT TO SPAIN.