A fine, clean copy of the catalogue prepared by Trevor Coombs, former Keeper of Art at Oldham Art Gallery, and published in 1993, following a five year programme of restoration, to celebrate the re-display of the Charles Lees Collection of Watercolours. The publication catalogues the collection in detail, concentrating on the main part of the gift - 80 watercolours presented in 1888, together with the Liber Studiorum of Turner and other fine art works presented subsequently, both by Lees himself, prior to his death, and by his daughter, Marjory Lees. In the late nineteenth century, Charles E. Lees was a prominent Oldham industrialist and patron of the arts in the North West of England, involved in the establishment of Oldham Art Gallery in 1883, and sitting on the first Gallery committees. Lees was also a member of the Fine Arts Section of the 1887 Royal Jubilee Committee, and in 1889 was a founder Governor of the Manchester Whitworth Intitute, which in due course became The Whitworth Art Gallery. Soft covers, 64 pages, strong academic text and captions, full colour illustrations throughout.
Of related interest, cf. Our Stock Ref. B27613L19021998-XX , which Bonhams catalogue contains details of Prices Realised at their Sale No. 27496, "The Charles E. Lees Collection" held on 20th November 1997.
