British school, late 19th century
Views of Iceland: the sulfur mountains at Kousavik (Húsavík, Norðurþing, Norðurland eystra)
Gouaches on paper, one pair
18.2 x 62.2 cm.
17.1 x 62.2 cm
One monogrammed and dated: AC 1887
On the back, handwritten annotations, dating from the late 19th century: Iceland / View from the sulphur mountains / looking over an extinct crater full of cold / water to Kousavik the Sea / The Sulphur is found under the hot mud in the smoking valley below.
Provenance :
- Douglas Barrett, London,
- Edric van Vredenburgh, Paris
An interesting example of a plein-air landscape in the wilds of Iceland, of which few equivalents are known from this period.
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