A Madeiran Boy in native dress with black chickens on a wooden pole slung over his left shoulder

细节

Andrew Picken (1815-1845)
A Madeiran Boy in native dress with black chickens on a wooden pole slung over his left shoulder
signed and dated 'A Picken 1842' (lower left)
gouache, pencil and watercolour on paper
unframed
11 1/8 x 8½in. (28.1 x 21.6cm.)

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拍品专文

Having returned from his first visit to Madeira in 1840 on which trip he made the drawings for the highly acclaimed Madeira Illustrated, a work that he subsequently published in that same year. Picken was again advised soon after his arrival in England to return to Madeira by his physicians after a bout of ill health. It is from this second visit that this charming watercolour dates