[Sketches of Normandy and Brittany.]

HARE (Augustus), illustrator.

[Sketches of Normandy and Brittany.]

Original sketches by Augustus Hare

53 pencil sketches mounted on album pages. Various sizes, most between 90 by 130mm and 150 by 230mm. Folio. Half green morocco over green cloth boards, gilt line decoration, outer spine lacking, edges and corners frayed, sketches in good condition. One sketch loose. [Normandy, 1885.

£1,500.00

53 original pencil sketches, mounted on album pages, of various locales in Normandy and Brittany, France.

Also including a small coloured engraving of the Chêne Chapelle (the chapel oak) in Allouville and a loose photograph of St. Pol de Léon by Morlain. Including sketches of the Abbey of Bec, Falaise, Argentan, Vire, Caen, Bayeux, Mont St. Michel, St. Malo, Dinan and the Chateau de Kérouzéré, among other places and sites; sketches depict street and topographical views, buildings and architectural details, among other subjects. Most sketches with handwritten caption.

Augustus Hare (13 March 1834 – 22 January 1903) was an English writer and painter. He is well-known for his travel books.

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