[Lake view near Turku, Finland.]Vue de Sjolac près de la Gymnastique.
[Anon, c.1880.]
Watercolour, 95 x 150mm (3¾ x 6"). Glued to album sheet, with cut out watercolours of birds. Ms in pencil 'My cousins House in Finland nr Abo'.
Attractive Victorian watercolour showing a view in Finland, identified by manuscript naming it as near Abo (the Swedish name for the city of Turku in Southwest Finland). Swedish, while still widely spoken in Finland, was still more common in the 19th century.
[Ref: 39596] £180.00
Watercolour, 95 x 150mm (3¾ x 6"). Glued to album sheet, with cut out watercolours of birds. Ms in pencil 'My cousins House in Finland nr Abo'.
Attractive Victorian watercolour showing a view in Finland, identified by manuscript naming it as near Abo (the Swedish name for the city of Turku in Southwest Finland). Swedish, while still widely spoken in Finland, was still more common in the 19th century.
[Ref: 39596] £180.00