General
General
Object Auto ID
78651
Alternate Codes
159745
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Lake Lugano; Water-colours : seascapes, 1854-1863
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour of an evening landscape with the calm lake of the title with two small boats and framed symmetrically by mountains on each side. Part of a collection, see 6540)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Lake Lugano Switzerland

Inscriptions
b.c. "N.B. I am not responsible for the boats"; b.r."Lago Luguno by G. Galt from a sketch by AdSmidt in 1857." b.l. illegible writing
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image and paper size 171 x 244 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1857
Maker Comment
GALT. G.,
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