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LOT 403A
ATTRIBUTED TO RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (1802 - 1828)"INSCRIBED 'R. P. BONINGTON" ON THE VERSO
SPECTACULAR CABINET PANEL PAINTING COMBINING OIL AND WATERCOLOURS IN BONINGTON'S TYPICAL STYLE DEPICTING THE TEMPLE OF MARS ULTOR IN ITALY WHERE BONINGTON WAS KNOWN TO HAVE TOURED IN 1826 WHERE HE SPENT A MONTH WITH HIS PATRON BARON CHARLES RIVET AND PRODUCED MANY OF HIS ACCLAIMED WORKS PRIO TO HIS DEATH 2 YEARS LATER