Brown wash on paper, mounted, original title separately

12.3 cm. by 19.6 cm.

Inscribed ‘Corfu’ on title attached to backboard

Probably circa 1821

Page made a number of versions of this painting including one in the British Museum, inv. no. 1995, 0121.2. Having travelled to Constantinople with his patron, William Campbell, in May 1821, their return coincided with the start of the Greek War of Independence and so they headed for Corfu, then a British protectorate, arriving in July. Campbell had contracted a fever on the journey to Corfu and was to passed away just days after their arrival in Corfu. This would have given Page some opportunity to spend a little time in Corfu and may well have been the moment that he composed this sketch.

£1250