Charles(?) Whitehead. The Western Wall.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Charles(?) Whitehead. The Western Wall.

Watercolor on paper. Signed in pencil “‘(?) Whitehead” lower left. Penciled on verso: “Mrs.(?) Whitehead, see Finn’s Diary 185(?)” 12 x 16 inches.

British, 19th century:

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,750

Provenance: From the Collection of the British Consul to Jerusalem, Hon. James Finn (thereafter by family descent). The English philo-Semite, James Finn (1806-72), served as British Consul in Jerusalem from 1845 to 1862. Both he, alongside his wife Elizabeth Finn, greatly assisted the Jews of the Holy Land and often protected them from the often unreasonably oppressive Ottoman authorities. (See EJ Vol. VI, col. 1300)