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*Edward Millington-Drake (1932-1994)A RIVER IN INDIASigned and dated 1978 l.r., marked no. 21 and inscribed verso, pencil and watercolour56 x 76cmTeddy Millington-Drake was born to a diplomat father and spent much of his childhood travelling. He attended Eton, studying art under Wilfred Blunt, and Oxford, before living and painting in Venice and then Patmos, Greece. In the 1960s, Millington-Drake worked in an abstract style, apparently influenced by Jung, but achieved most fame as a watercolour landscape painter. India and the Middle East were favourite subjects and destinations. He showed widely in London and New York, notably at Lefevre and Eyre & Hobhouse.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.