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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Brassey, post: 4293144, member: 15277&quot;]I specialise in ceramics but could not resist these two unsigned watercolours when they turned up at a local auction. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found an engraving “ Salmon Fishery Aberglaslyn” which is almost identical to one of the paintings and I wonder if this could be the original used by the engraver. The engraving is clearly marked JC Ibbetson. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found another Ibbetson watercolour with the same characters spearing salmon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses have an auction Stencil GD857 plus chalk lot numbers and handwritten letters Stephen F Gooden 57 Pall Mall</p><p><br /></p><p>SF Gooden was a celebrated engraver who died in 1955</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts on these lovely ink and watercolour studies?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346021[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]346022[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]346023[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]346024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]346026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]346027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]346028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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