Rhyanon Demery
Head of Sale
Lot 40
Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer(British, 1854-1926)Jebel Hassan, near Aden; The Perim in the Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, 1878; A view in the desert, 1876; A view in the Suez Canal, June 1880; Wreck of the Duke of Lancaster on Jebel Tukur Island, July 17th 1880; Aden from the outer Anchorage, Funeral cortege going ashore in boats, June 18th 1880 largest 17.2 x 24.5cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8in).(5)
26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,200 - £1,800
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Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer (British, 1854-1926)
Jebel Hassan, near Aden; The Perim in the Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, 1878; A view in the desert, 1876; A view in the Suez Canal, June 1880; Wreck of the Duke of Lancaster on Jebel Tukur Island, July 17th 1880; Aden from the outer Anchorage, Funeral cortege going ashore in boats, June 18th 1880
six mounted on five sheets, five signed with initials 'FHB' (lower left and lower right), all bear title (on mount)
all watercolour and gouache, unframed
largest 17.2 x 24.5cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8in).(5)
six mounted on five sheets, five signed with initials 'FHB' (lower left and lower right), all bear title (on mount)
all watercolour and gouache, unframed
largest 17.2 x 24.5cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8in).(5)
Footnotes
The London Illustrated News reported that the Duke of Lancaster ran aground on a rock near the island of Jebel Sukhur. The P&O steamer Australia, passing on her way to Calcutta, rescued all the passengers and crew of the shipwreck except the chief officer and five men who stayed to take charge of the wreck. According to the article "Most passengers came on board in a very pitiable condition, some of them in their night-dresses, having lost the whole of their effects, and having been out on the rocks all night. But no lives were lost by this disaster" Illustrated London News, 14 August 1880.