Dec 10, 2019 - Sale 2526

Sale 2526 - Lot 114

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
GEORGE WASHINGTON HOOD.
"It tossed about the waters till the Moorish female again rose to view." Story illustration for "The Rose of the Alhambra" in Legends of the Alhambra, by Washington Irving (J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909, page 161). Oil on paper, mounted on linen. 445x315 mm; 17 1/2x12 1/2 inches. Signed "George Hood" at lower left, and again on verso with 1909 and inscription of story title in artist's hand. Some craquelure; minor tear and surface scratches. Hand-painted frame with calligraphic script and geometric ornament.