Auction 203 Part 1
Antiques and Works of Art Modern and Contemporary
By Cabral Moncada Leilões
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Dec 2, 2019
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LOT 286:
"Quartel-General de Welington em Freineda" - Almeida, Beira-Alta, Portugal ("Welington headquarters ...
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Start price:
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2,000
Estimated price :
€2,000 - €3,000
Buyer's Premium: 24.6%
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"Quartel-General de Welington em Freineda" - Almeida, Beira-Alta, Portugal ("Welington headquarters in Freineda"- Almeida, Beira-Alta, Portugal)
watercolour on paper
inscription FRENEDA. THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE LEFT OF THE CHURCH IS LORD WELLINGTON QUARTERS. THE ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN COVERED WITH SNOW AT A DISTANCE ON THE LEFT. MULETEERS COMING UP ALONG THE ROAD
English school
circa 1812-1813, minor defects on paper, mahogany display box
Dim. - 17,7 x 26,7 cm
Notes: It was part of the Raglan collection: "Welington, Waterloo and the Crimea", being included in the auction No. 1546 of Christie's "The Raglan Collection: Welington, Waterlo and the Crimea and Works of Art from the Collection of the Marqueses of Londonderry ", Lot No. 14. London: Christie's, 22 and 23 May 2014. On November 1812, Wellington withdrew with his army to Freineda, near the border, in order to recover from the resistance to the French invasions. He settled in a manor near the church of the village of Freineda until May 1813, when he crosses the border to Spain.
