LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

57.48 in. (146.00 cm.) (height) by 94.49 in. (240.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, Victorian Paintings 1837-1890, September-November 1968, no. 192 (lent by E.A. Martin).

Literature:

Country Life, 21 November 1968, p. 1342. J. Maas, Victorian Painters, New York, 1969, p. 108.

Provenance:

Traditionally thought to have been on the artist’s easel at his death. (Possibly) Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851). with E.A. Martin. with Spink & Son, London, until November 1971, when purchased by the present owner.