John Joseph Fonseça Pair Of Watercolour Horse Portraits Madras 1866 Monte Carlo Century Red Chalk Drawing

Century Red Chalk Drawing

Black chalk heightened with white on pale blue laid paper

Charlet studied under Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)

Provenance: La Petite Galerie Bruxelles Exposition de Petits Tableaux November 1938 No

John Joseph Fonseça Pair Of Watercolour Horse Portraits Madras 1866 Monte Carlo Century Red Chalk DrawingJohn Joseph Fonsea 1817 1895 Indo Portuguese British. Pair of mid 19th. Century watercolour portraits of Chestnut stallions, each with initials to fore and hind quarters, standing in stables with red blankets emblazoned with black crosses and trim, each signed J. J. Fonseca Madras 1866. 3cm x 43cm, framed and glazed.