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William Percy French (1854-1920)
Estimate:
€2,000 - €3,000
Sold
€3,200
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
10 by 7.75in. (25.4 by 19.7cm)
Description
Title: HINDHEAD
Note: Hindhead - a village in Surrey, England -means "hill frequented by hinds", or female deer. Among the several notable individuals who lived in Hindhead included playwright George Bernard Shaw who lived at "Blen Cathra", now the site of St Edmund's School and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who lived at "Undershaw" from 1897 to 1907. There he wrote some of his best-known novels, including The Hound of the Baskervilles. Doyle was Hindhead Golf Club's first President in 1904.
Note: Hindhead - a village in Surrey, England -means "hill frequented by hinds", or female deer. Among the several notable individuals who lived in Hindhead included playwright George Bernard Shaw who lived at "Blen Cathra", now the site of St Edmund's School and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who lived at "Undershaw" from 1897 to 1907. There he wrote some of his best-known novels, including The Hound of the Baskervilles. Doyle was Hindhead Golf Club's first President in 1904.
Medium
watercolour
Signature
signed lower left; titled lower right
Provenance
Oriel Gallery, Dublin;
Where purchased by the present owner in 1998
