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 (by Iolo Williams?) 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 until sold by in 2024
 
 
 
 
Hayter had injured his leg badly in June of 1845, forcing him to remain in Italy to convalesce before returning to England.