E.W. BELL (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY)
The Two-Masted Danish Brigantine 'Fraternitas' Passing Through the Straits of Dover
Signed and inscribed 'E.W. Bell / Prod' within a bell-shaped rebus (lower left) and inscribed with title 'The "Fraternitas of Dragör" by Capt. L. Rosenknold, London May 1873'
Watercolour and pencil, heightened with gouache
16 x 22in. (40.5 x 56cm.)

Condition Report
Time staining in sky, but colours remain bright and overall in good condition; maple frame distressed

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