A Victorian Mahongany Lap Desk, 2nd half 19th century. Escritorio victoriano de caoba, 2ª mitad del siglo XIX. La parte superior rectangular se abre a una superficie de escritura forrada de terciopelo verde con bisagras, junto a un compartimento con compartimento para bolígrafo. 12 x 27 x 19 cm. Escritorio victoriano de caoba, 2ª mitad del siglo XIX. La parte superior rectangular se abre a una superficie de escritura con bisagras forrada de terciopelo verde junto a un compartimento con compartimento para bolígrafos.

Sunset in the Park, Francisco Torrescassana (Barcelona, ​​1845-ibidem, 1918), 19th century Catalan school Signed and dated 1875, canvas measurements: 46 x 35 cm, framed measurements: 52 x 40 cm. Spanish painter, disciple of Ramón Martí Alsina. Works by Torrescassana are preserved, among others, in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, the Víctor Balaguer Library Museum, or the Museum of Art of Gerona, and the collection of Banco Sabadell, with a painting dedicated to the vintage in which the traditional realism that characterized much of his painting, closely linked to the teachings received from Martí Alsina, opens up to new studies of light. As for portraits, also abundant in his artistic production, the University of Barcelona keeps the portrait of Pablo González Huebra in the rectoral gallery, as well as in the dining room of Antoni Gaudí's Casa Vicens. Bibliography: Alcolea, Santiago, Paintings of the University of Barcelona. Catalog, University of Barcelona, ​​1980, ISBN 84-852-5721-9