LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

40.00 in. (101.60 cm.) (height) by 75.98 in. (193.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

presumably London, Royal Academy, 1845. Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 720, lent by Carl Bolckow.

Literature:

Cyril C. Bunt, The Life and Work of William James Müller of Bristol, Leigh-on-sea, 1948, pp. 48 and 101.

Provenance:

Henry Bolckow, M.P., Marton Hall, Middlesborough; Christie's London, 5 May 1888, lot 57 (3750 gns. to Vokins). Edward Steinkopff, 47 Berkeley Square; Christie's, London, 24 May 1935, lot 65 (34 gns. to Frost and Reed). Sir Francis Cowlin, 1st Bt. (1868-1945), Rodborough house, Sneyd Park, Bristol, by whom presented to the Bristol Club in 1937. The Bristol Club; Christie's, London, 22 November 1974, lot 82 (sold 2200 gns). Acquired from Christopher Gibbs Ltd.