SPA (Belgium) - André COLLIN(Spa 1835 - 1909, painter) / You - Lot 112

SPA (Belgium) - André COLLIN(Spa 1835 - 1909, painter) / Youthful drawings representing an exceptional testimony to the Spa region in the mid-19th century: Set of 94 original drawings, many signed "André Collin", "André C.", "peint par André Collin", generally dated and mostly captioned - 33 are ink washes, the others are graphite pencils, 2 are watercolors - Over 50 in 17.5 x 11.5 cm format, 13 in 19.5 x 13 cm format, 23 in 12 x 7.5 cm format, 3 full-page 36 x 27 cm, others in various formats - These drawings are mounted in an Italian-style album (36 x 27 cm) in tobacco percaline (stained boards and damaged spine, unbound), comprising 61 pages of drawings - Two-thirds of these drawings date from 1850, the others from 1862 (2), 1867 (23), 1892 (2) - They depict views and landscapes of Spa and the surrounding area: Ruins of Franchimont - An entrance to Spa (several) - Pont des artistes - Waux-Hall (several) - Nivezé (several, spelled Nivzé) - A great effect of the mountains at Sar - Shooting at Nivzé - The old baths at Spa (several) - The redoubt - View of Spa - Old Houion house - Château des 4 fils Aimont - A Marteau (several) - Crépé (several) - A ruin on the seven o'clock walk - Route de la Sauvenière (several) - My 1stdrawing 1850 Spa entrance - 2nddrawing - Old Verviers road - A Marteau (several) Ancien chemin de Verviers - Préfayhait (several) - Petite chapelle de Juslenville - Sauvenière - L'arbre du Echelet - Vue de Spa prise sur une hauteur de Belleheid - Grotte de Remouchamps - Place de l'Hotel de Ville à Spa - Winamplanche - Tolifaz - Cascade - Route du tonnelet Route du fourneau - Château de Juslenville - Le trianon à Spa - Château de Mazures etc. - At the end of the volume are 3 old engravings of Spa