Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey, French 1803-1886- Fishermen hauling in their nets in heavy seas; pencil and watercolour heightened with gum arabic and scratching out on paper, 31.5 x 45.4 cm., (unframed). Provenance: Covent Garden Gallery (William...

Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey, French 1803-1886- Fishermen hauling in their nets in heavy seas; pencil and watercolour heightened with gum arabic and scratching out on paper, 31.5 x 45.4 cm., (unframed). Provenance: Covent Garden Gallery (William Drummond). Note: A preparatory watercolour for the artist's larger signed oil of the same composition, 'Pêcheurs ramenant le chalut', painted in 1838 (Pierre Miquel, 'Eugène Isabey 1803-1886. La Marine au XIXe siècle', p.164, no.788, illustrated).
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