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Vilhelm Melbye (b. Helsingør 1824, d. Roskilde 1882)

“Longship's Lighthouse. Land End. Engelske Kyst”. Longship's Lighthouse. Lands End. English coast. Signed and dated Vilhelm Melbye 1882. Oil on canvas. 120×190 cm.

Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1883 no. 264.

Longships Lighthouse is a navigation aid about 2.01 km off the coast of Lands End in Cornwall, England. It stands on Carn Bras, the highest of the Longships islets which rises 12 m above high water level.

Condition

Condition report on request. Contact fine-art@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Additional Remarks

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Auction

Paintings & drawings, 30 May 2017

Category
Estimate

50,000–60,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

35,000 DKK