SIR GEORGE HAYTER (1792-1871)

A GONDOLIER IN VENICE
 
Signed with monogram & dated l.l. Sept. 8 1845
Inscribed extensively l.l. ... [?] setting afloat after being / six weeks on the mend / there we remained six weeks afterwards ... [?] Oct.
Inscribed to original support This alludes to my long suffering / from my rail road accident in 1845 / GH
Bears inscription to support l.r. Sir G. Hayter
Pen & ink on wove paper
23 x 18.5 cm
 
 
PROVENANCE:
Iolo A. Williams (1890-1962);
Thence by descent
 
 
 
 
 
Hayter had injured his leg badly in June of 1845, forcing him to remain in Venice to convalesce before returning to England. He had had designs to move to the continent around this period, and had put up his collection of Old Master paintings for sale at Christie's [1], however the injury seems to have put paid to this plan.