Watercolor on grey/blue paper, signed 'Walter Gay' lower left, titled on a paper label on the backboard.

11 x 15 1/2 in. (sheet), 18 x 21 1/2 in. (frame).

Note: Walter and Matilda Gay lived a charmed and interesting life in the haute société of France where they rented the lovely Chateau de Fortoiseau from 1895-1904. The property of the Baron d'Astier de la Vigerie, the chateau was the subject of many of Gay's watercolors, including various views of the salon, as here, with a focus on the chimneypiece and the Imari vases. 

Black and white chalk sketch on the reverse. Mat staining and creasing. Otherwise in good condition.

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