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John Thomas Serres

A Mediterranean moonlit landscape with fishermen and other figures on the shore, a British frigate at sea

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10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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John Thomas Serres

London 1759–1825

A Mediterranean moonlit landscape with fishermen and other figures on the shore, a British frigate at sea

oil on canvas

100.4 x 138.1 cm.; 39½ x 54⅜ in.

Francis Russell, 7^th Duke of Bedford (1788–1861), Bedford House, London;

Thence by descent;

Until sold, London, Christie’s, 11 November 1994, lot 26 (as attributed to Thomas Patch), for £18,400;

Where acquired.

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London 1854, vol. II, p. 284 (as Claude-Joseph Vernet).

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