LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

42.48 in. (107.90 cm.) (height) by 60.51 in. (153.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'A Rankley 1871' (lower left)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1871, no. 89.

Literature:

Art Journal, 1873, p. 44.

Provenance:

The Artist's Studio Sale; Christie's, 3 February 1873, lot 23 (55 gns to Mendoza). Joshua Milne Cheetham, Eyford Park, Gloucestershire (+); Christie's, 20 January 1906, lot 58 (1½ gns to Lister). Anonymous sale; Christie's, 14 July 1972, lot 103.