Long voyage ends in Edinburgh
Dated by the Edinburgh auctioneers to c.1815-17, a group of watercolours made on a voyage to the Middle and Far East was bid to a far higher than expected £13,000 in a 650-lot Lyon & Turnbull (25/20% buyer’s premium) sale of October 11.
The collection also included a view of Longwood, Napoleon’s residence in exile on St Helena, and a…