Philippa Iles
Senior Sale Coordinator
Lot 140
Joseph Denovan Adam Jnr(British, active 1900-1931)Disembarking mules with the Remount Squadron in Salonika, Greece
8 June 2023, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £896 inc. premium
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Rhyanon Demery
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Joseph Denovan Adam Jnr (British, active 1900-1931)
Disembarking mules with the Remount Squadron in Salonika, Greece
signed 'Denovan Adam' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
35.5 x 55cm (14 x 21 5/8in).
signed 'Denovan Adam' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
35.5 x 55cm (14 x 21 5/8in).
Footnotes
There is a label on the reverse of the panel that reads: 'No. 2 Disembarking Mules/Scottish Horse/With the Remount Squadron Salonika./The mules have a curious way of trying to jump over the quay/or jump from the boat down on to the dock.'
Joseph Denovan Adam Jnr studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 to 1899. During the First World War he was stationed with British troops in Macedonia.
It is believed that this work depicts mules at the port of Salonika (now known as Thessaloniki) coming from Egypt on their way to assist 'The Black Watch' with the Scottish Horse Yeomanry in 1916.