Fore-edge Painting of Lansdowne House.

Description:

Fore-edge Painting of Lansdowne House. Painted on The New Testament in an Improved Version, London: Taylor, 1819, octavo, bound in full contemporary straight-grained red morocco, a.e.g., in a custom slipcase, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Lansdowne House stood in London's Berkeley Square until the 1930s; it was home to several British Prime Ministers. A road-widening scheme resulted in the partial demolition of its front rooms, two were removed for preservation and display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Estimate $300-400


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