ADDENDA
ARTHUR
HUGHES:
HIS LIFE AND WORKS
A Catalogue Raisonné
compiled by Leonard Roberts,
with a Biographical Introduction by Stephen Wildman
(Woodbridge: ACC Ltd., 1997)
The following are the additions to the
Catalogue section of the book which have come to the author's attention
since publication. They are listed by consecutive entry number,
allowing easy cross-referencing.
Abbreviations:
'Richmond 1998' -- Arthur Hughes: The Last Pre-Raphaelite,
Museum of Richmond, Surrey, 10 November 1998-13 March 1999;
'Norwich 2001' -- Frederick Sandys & the Pre-Raphaelites,
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, 15 October 2001-6 January 2002.
'R.A. 2003' -- Pre-Raphaelite & Other Masters, Royal
Academy of Arts, 20 September-12 December 2003.
Paintings,
Watercolours and Drawings.
1. COWS.
EXH: Richmond 1998 (1, repr. p.7).
2. FAUN PIPING.
EXH: Richmond 1998 (2, repr. colour p.9).
4. THE YOUNG POET.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (3, repr. colour p.11).
9. THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (4, repr. colour p.13).
10.3. OPHELIA (reduced version).
EXH: ...; R.A. 2003 (71).
14. BENEDICK IN THE ARBOUR.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (5, repr. colour p.15).
15.7A. THE LONG ENGAGEMENT
(sketch). c.1858.
Pencil and white chalk on paper, 25.5 x 17.5cm, 10 x 6¾
in. Unsigned.
PROV: Presumably gifted to John Bunney; by descent to J.N. & Miss
S.E. Bunney; gifted by them in 1998 to Birmingham
Museums & Art Gallery (1998 P80).
Note: Had this work been included in the Catalogue, its
entry number would have been 15.8; the
current 15.8 would have been 15.9.
16. EDWARD ROBERT HUGHES AS A CHILD.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (6, repr. colour p.17).
17. FAIR ROSAMUND.
EXH: .... European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings from
the National Gallery of Victoria, Cincinnati Art Museum, 29 October
2000-14 January 2001, and Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 18 March-27
May 2001.
18A. WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI.
1854.
Pen & ink on
paper, 17.5 x 11cm, 6¾ x 4¼ in. Inscribed by WMR
l.r.: '1854 - Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: William Michael Rossetti; thence by descent to Private collector.
LIT: WMR, "List of Works of Art ... in No. 3 St. Edmund's Terrace ... 6
Decr. 1908" (MS: Angeli/Dennis Papers, UBC); Angela Thirlwell, William
and Lucy: The Other Rossettis (Yale UP, 2003), pp.13, 14 (repr.
p.13).
Photo courtesy of Angela Thirlwell.
29. APRIL LOVE.
To Ford Madox Brown [c. March 1857] (MS: South African
National Gallery):
23 King St./Maidstone, Kent
[Thank you] for your very kind endeavours to assist me in
persuading the British nation they possess a treasure in the
picture of 'April Love'.... So I think April Love may just go to the
wall.
29.5. APRIL LOVE (reduced version).
EXH: ...; R.A. 2003 (72).
To W.M. Rossetti [18 August 1857] (MS: Angeli/Dennis Papers,
UBC):
Upper Belgrave Place
You must write yourself to Arthur James Lewis about the
little "April Love" saying you've my permission [to send it to the U.S.
exhibition]. I'll try and see him too - but do write.... If you
get it remember its value is incalculable. that is to say about what
Lewis likes to fix - its frame's about 2 pounds.
30. THE EVE OF ST. AGNES.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (7, repr. colour p.19).
31A. POETIC WORDS. c.
mid-1850s.
Pencil and grey wash on paper, 18.5 x 13.5cm,
7¼ x 5¼ in. Unsigned.
PROV: Private collector; bought from him on 6 May 1966 by Maas Gallery;
bought from them on 7 July 1966 by private collector. Anon sales,
Christie’s South Kensington, 6 April 2000, 21 June 2000, and 1 December
2004 (328; repr.), unsold at £210. Private collector.
EXH: Exhibition of Drawings (1720-1920), Maas Gallery, 1966
(44).
33. HOME FROM SEA.
PROV: Purchased by Thomas Edward Plint; returned to the artist (likely
as part of an exchange) by 1861;...
To F.M. Brown [c. March 1857] (MS: South African National
Gallery):
23 King St./Maidstone, Kent
I am grassing my Sailor Boy here - am coming up to town
the end of this week.
To W.M. Rossetti [18 August 1857] (MS: Angeli/Dennis Papers,
UBC):
Upper Belgrave Place
I've got permission from Plint to send the Sailor-boy to
America - he wants it insured for 150 guineas. The value of the
frame is about 4 pounds....
I have the Sailor here....
P.S. Please design a title for the Sailor boy-- there is nothing on its
frame. I called it "The Mother's Grave" at Russell Place-
but should like something different for a change tho' it is his
mother's grave. That will do tho' quite well again I think.
Don't you?
33.2A. HOME FROM SEA (sketch for the
figure of the boy). c.1856.
PROV: Alexander Munro; by descent to his daughter-in-law Mrs. Margaret
Caroline Neaves Munro; gifted by her (in Charles Alexander Munro's
name) in 1959 to Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
35. THE KING'S ORCHARD.
EXH: ...; R.A. 2003 (69).
35.2. THE KING'S ORCHARD (study).
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (8, repr. colour p.21).
36. THE ANNUNCIATION.
EXH: Hogarth Club, July 1860; ...
John Ruskin to John Brett, July 1860 (MS: Private collection):
Please send me a line of chat ... at your leisure,
telling me ... whether Hughes's 'Annunciation' is good, at the Hogarth.
40.2. A WILD ROSE (study). c.1858.
PROV: Lent to Ford Madox Brown c.1880, but later lost.
F.M. Brown to Lucy Madox Rossetti, 27 August 1882 (MS: Angeli/Dennis
Papers, UBC):
[Hughes] asks me if I can return him a certain drawing of
a wood in Autumn [169] which I borrowed of
him nearly three years ago. I feel so ashamed because a study of
a wild rose I borrowed in like way became lost.
43. THE KNIGHT OF THE SUN.
EXH: ...; R.A. 2003 (74).
NOTE: ENTRIES 43.5 THROUGH 43.7 ARE NOW RECONSTRUCTED WITH CORRECTIONS
43.5. THE KNIGHT OF THE SUN
(study). c.1859.
Oil on board, 25 x 40.5cm, 9¾ x 16in. Signed l.r.: 'Arthur
Hughes'.
PROV: A.P. Levenson by 1952; consigned by him to Sotheby’s Belgravia,
11 November 1975 (57, as 'Mort d'Arthur'); bought for £140 by
Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; bought from them in May 1977 for
£140 by private collector; consigned by him to Phillip's, 28
November 2000 (28, repr. colour p.34); unsold, and then sold privately
for £7,800.
LIT: Fredeman 1988, p.301.
43.6. THE KNIGHT OF THE SUN
(study). c.1859-60, retouched and completed in 1893.
Oil on canvas, approx. 25.5 x 40.5cm, 10 x 16in.
PROV: Purchased for £25 in April 1893 by Alice Boyd; thence in
1897 to her niece Eleanor Margaret Courtney-Boyd; thence in 1946 to her
sister Evelyn May Courtney-Boyd, and still at Penkill Castle in the
late 1960s.
LIT: Fredeman 1967, p.50; Gibson 1970, p.452; Fredeman 1988, p.282.
Note: All Epistolary references below 43.6
(pp.146-47) still refer to this entry.
43.7. THE
KNIGHT OF THE SUN (reduced version). c.1862.
Oil on panel, 28 x 39.5cm, 11 x 15½in. Signed l.l.:
'A.Hughes'.
Better a death when work is done
than earth's most favoured birth.1
PROV: Benjamin Godfrey Windus; Windus sale, Christie’s, 15 February
1868 (266); bought for £106 by Messrs. J. & W. Vokins.
[P.?] de Putron (inscribed verso). Anon. sale, Sotheby’s
Belgravia, 18 April 1978 (60, repr. colour); bought for £4,500 by
the Maas and Christopher Wood galleries; bought from them on 21 April
1978 by Edmund J. McCormick; thence in 1988 to his widow Mrs. Suzanne
McCormick; bought from her, via Christopher Wood Gallery, in July 2006
by Private collector.
Notes: All Literary ("LIT:") references to 43.7
(p.147) still refer to this entry. Also, the Exhibition ("EXH:")
cited and the Forbes & Mancoff Literary ("LIT:") references under 43.6 (p.146) now refer to this entry.
1 Quoted in the Windus sale catalogue, and now
restored to its new flat by the current owner.
44. A GIRL'S HEAD. NOTE:
DELETE THIS ENTRY (it is the same as 58.1A;
see below).
45. A WOODMAN'S CHILD.
EXH: ...; Norwich 2001 (76).
46. AURORA LEIGH'S DISMISSAL OF ROMNEY.
EXH: ...; Norwich 2001 (77).
49. ANNIE MUNRO.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (9, repr. colour p.23).
50. HOME FROM WORK.
PROV: .... (Forbes Collection sale, Christie's, 19 February 2003 [13,
repr. colour], unsold).
51. THAT WAS A PIEDMONTESE.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (10, repr. colour p.25).
54. THE BIRTH OF TRISTRAM.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (11, repr. colour p.27).
55. THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE.
EXH: ...; Art Treasures of England, Royal Academy, 1998 (144,
repr.); Richmond 1998 (12, repr. colour p.29).
55.3 ENID AND GERAINT.
PROV: .... Perez Simon.
EXH: ...; Da Cranach a Monet. Capolavori dalla collezione Perez
Simon, Palazzo Ruspoli Fondazione Memmo (Roma), 4 October 2007-27
January 2008 (50, repr. colour). The author would like to
acknowledge Ilaria Facchin as the source for information on this
exhibition.
56.3A. THE MOWER (The Scyth Sharpener,
sketch). c.1861.
Oil on panel, 27.5 x 21cm, 10¾ x 8¼ in. Signed
l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: Folio Fine Art by March 1967. Anne & Malcolm McHenry;
gifted by them in 1978 to Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento CA (1978.26).
EXH: Catalogue 44, Folio Fine Art, March 1967 (145).
LIT: William E. Fredeman, "The Search for Arthur Hughes" (in Journal
of Pre-Raphaelite Studies 7 [Fall 1998]), pp.104-05.
56.4. THE MOWER (reduced version).
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 December 2003 (37; repr.
colour); sold for US$39,000.
57.2. BED-TIME (reduced version).
EXH: ...; R.A. 2003 (68).
58.1A. A MUSIC PARTY (study for the
female figure). 1861; retouched in 1865?
Oil on
canvas laid on panel, 38.5 x 30.5cm., 15¼ x 12 in. Signed
l.r.: 'Arthur Hughes'; inscribed by A.F. Hughes on label verso: 'Study.
(1860) / The Late Arthur Hughes'.
The hand was likely altered while experimenting with the
composition for Madeleine (58.3).
This work was originally catalogued as A Girl's Head (44, see above).
PROV: Studio sale (part of 43), bought-in at 3gns. by Hughes.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 23 November 2004 (118; repr. colour p.110);
bought for £2,151 by Jane Cohen.
58.2. A MUSIC PARTY (sketch).
PROV:
.... Private collection.
Photo courtesy of the owner.
59. SILVER AND GOLD.
EXH: ...; R.A. 2003 (77).
60. THE FONT.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (13, repr. colour p.31).
61. MRS. JAS. LEATHART AND CHILDREN.
PROV: ....Mrs. Margaret C. Mele; bought from her estate for
£284,000 in March 1998 by Laing Art
Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
LIT: ...; The Times, 23 March 1998, p.24 (repr. colour, in
reverse); Christie's catalogue, 22 November 2006, pp.186-87 (repr.
Fig. 1).
62. MRS. TRIST AND SON.
PROV: ...; thence in 1996 to his son Richard
John Francis Trist.
63. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Oil on
canvas, 96 x 62cm, 37¾ x 24¼in., arched top. Signed
l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: .... Consigned to the Leicester Galleries; bought from them in
October 2004 by Private collector.
EXH: ...; Medieval to Modern, Leicester Galleries, New York
(9-14 May) and London (11-17 June), 2003 (10, repr. colour p.24).
Photo courtesy of the Leicester Galleries
63.3. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (reduced
version).
PROV: ...; bequeathed in 2002 to her nephew Ed
Ruck-Keene.
66.2. THE LADY OF SHALOTT
(preliminary sketch). NOTE: DELETE THIS ENTRY (it has been
determined that this sketch is by another hand. Secondary entry
numbers of subsequent related works are reduced by one [i.e. 66.3 is now 66.2,
etc.]).
66.4 [now 66.3]. THE LADY OF SHALOTT (sketch for the
centre panel).
PROV: ..... Anon. sale, Christie's, 25 November 2003 (148; repr.
colour); sold for £8,962.
67A. AN ANGEL HOLDING A CLOUD
(design for a shield). 1864.
Pen & ink?
PROV: Commissioned in 1864 by the founders of The College for Men and
Women, Queen's Square.
To Susan Lushington, 20 September 1912 (MS: Private collection):
The Cottage, Pett, nr Hastings
Long ago, when some friends of mine started The College
for Men & Women, in Queen's Sq. I think it was, they asked me to
design their "Shield" to a motto--this: "Our God is gracious ever, when
man has done his part." And I made an Angel holding a cloud in
his hands, and squeezing it like a sponge and the rain falling.
69. SPRINGTIDE.
PROV: ...Carel Weight; thence to his widow Mrs. Helen Weight; gifted by
her in August 1998 to Private collector.
70. FEMALE HEAD.
PROV: George Rae by late 1872 (not "c.1900"); ....
71. GOOD NIGHT.
PROV: George Rae by 1864, and still with him in late 1872 (not "c.1900")....
73. MRS. THOMAS WOOLNER.
PROV: ...; Mrs. Diana Woolner; acquired from her estate in 2002 by the National Trust, Bradley Manor.
LIT: ...; re:Source: AIL Report 2002/03, p.19 (repr. colour
p.20); Christie's catalogue, 22 November 2006, pp.186-87 (repr. Fig. 2).
75. SIR GALAHAD.
PROV: George Rae by late 1872 (not "c.1900"); ....
To F.M. Brown, Monday [c. late August 1868] (MS: South
African National Gallery):
Woodbine Villa/Lynmouth, N. Devon
I am hoping to make some studies for Galahad, poor old
thing, here.
75.2. SIR GALAHAD (study).
PROV: George Rae by late 1872 (not "c.1900"); ....
77. MARIANA AT THE WINDOW. c.
mid-1860s.
EXH: ... British Pictures 1840-1940, Maas Gallery, 27
October-24 November 1999 (60, repr. colour p.47; erroneously dated 'c.1856').
85. A BIRTHDAY PICNIC.
PROV: .... Forbes Collection sale, Christie's, 19 February 2003 (11,
repr. colour); sold for £330,000.
EXH: ...; Norwich 2001 (68).
90A. PORTRAIT OF MRS. LOUISA JENNER.
1867.
Oil on canvas, 80 x 50.5cm, 31½ x 21 in.
Signed & dated l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes/1867'.
The sitter (nee Ashford, 1833-80) was the wife of Charles
Jenner, of Portobello, Edinburgh, founder of Jenner's Stores and
brother of Sir William Jenner, Physician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria.
PROV: Commissioned c.1867 by Charles Jenner; thence to his
brother-in-law; by descent to his daughter; by descent to her daughter;
gifted by her to her nephew's private collection (on loan to Birmingham
Museums & Art Gallery); anon. sale, Christie's, 22 November 2006
(331; repr. colour p.185); sold for £78,000.
Note: Had this work been included in the catalogue
(brief details can be found in the Index, p.304), its entry number
would have been 91
Photo courtesy of Simon Lake
90A.2. PORTRAIT OF MRS. LOUISA JENNER
(study). c.1867.
Oil on canvas, 32 x 18cm,
12½ x 7 in., arched top.
PROV: Charles Jenner; thence to his brother-in-law; by descent to his
daughter; by descent to her daughter's Private
collection.
LIT: Christie's catalogue, 22 November 2006, pp.186-87 (repr. Fig. 3).
Note: Had this work been included in the catalogue, its
entry number would have been 91.2.
Photo courtesy of Christie's
91. THE YOUNG KNIGHT'S VIGIL
(unfinished).
To Susan Lushington, [c.31 October 1912] (MS: Private
collection):
The Cottage, Pett, nr Hastings
How noble of you to decline the walking tour to Arundel
and ... its mailed knight in the Church with his skeleton beneath
him. And if you will come and see me I will show him to you in a
study made long ago--and sketches for the design I never carried out.
91.2. THE YOUNG KNIGHT'S VIGIL
(sketch).
See above.
91.3. THE YOUNG KNIGHT'S VIGIL
(sketch).
See above.
93. TITLE UNKNOWN.
This and 70 (Female Head)
may be the same picture.
94.2. SIGH NO MORE, LADIES (study).
Oil on
board, 20.5 x 23.5cm., 8 x 9¼ in. Signed l.r.: 'AH'
(monogram).
PROV: .... Anon. sales, Christie's, 23 November 2004 (119, repr.
colour), unsold, and Christie's South Kensington, 9 March 2005.
With the Maas Gallery in June 2006.
EXH: British Pictures, Maas Gallery, 7-30 June 2006 (63, repr.
colour p.54).
100. ENDYMION.
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 26 May 1993 (90, repr.
colour), unsold.
103. THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COTTON FAMINE
RELIEF COMMITTEE.
Oil (monochrome, with touches of red) on canvas, 190 by 350cm,
74¾ x 137¾in. Unsigned.
Engraved by J. R. Herbert. The canvas is
torn at the l.l. corner.
PROV: Lord Mayor's Parlour, Manchester Town Hall
([FA] 1/12/14/7).
111. BLUEBELLS AT HOLMEWOOD.
Oil on
canvas, 38 x 53.5cm, 15 x 21in. Signed: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: .... Campbell Wilson Fine Art by early 2007; bought from them for
£7,950 by Private collector.
EXH: 20th Century Romance, Campbell Wilson Fine Art, Hassocks,
West Sussex, 2007 ([1], repr. colour p.[6]).
118. THE ENCHANTRESS. c.
early 1870s.
..., 40 x 25cm, 15¾ x 10in. Signed l.l.: 'Arthur
Hughes';...
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Christie's, 12 June 2001 (1, repr. colour); sold
for £12,925.
121. THE LADY OF SHALOTT.
To F.M. Brown, 14 August 1873 (MS: South African National
Gallery):
Finborough Road
A brother of Goodwin's, a carpenter who is clever at
carving and wants to get frames to do, ... has made several for his
brother and one or two for me, all of oak and with no plaster at
all.... My Lady of Shallot had the only entirely carved frame
in the Academy, I feel proud to say; ... it was a noble work.... My
frames, after they were gilded, only cost me the same as if I had had
them done in the old way.
123. JACK O'LANTERN.
The original design for this picture dates from 1857; see
ADDENDA 4,
entry number B3A.
128. TITLE UNKNOWN.
To F.M. Brown, 10 October 1872 (MS: South African National
Gallery):
Finborough Road
Thanks for your letter. Of course I shall be glad
to contribute something, and I wrote to Shields to say in about a
fortnight I would have something ready.
129A. PORTRAIT OF ELLEN DANA CONWAY.
1873.
Oil on
board(?). Signed and dated l.r.: 'Arthur Hughes . 73'.
The sitter (?-1897) was the wife of Moncure Daniel Conway.
PROV: Presumably commissioned by the Conways.
Photo: Dickinson College.
130. THE EVE OF PALM SUNDAY.
1873.
Signed & dated '73'.
PROV: .... Anon sale, Sotheby's, 14 October 1964 (96, as Spring-Time);
bt. for £14 by Dent.
131. THE CONVENT BOAT.
The view is from the south bank of the Medway opposite
Aylesford Priory.
PROV: .... Private collector ...
(consigned by him to Phillips, 14 June 2000 [49; repr. colour], unsold).
131.2. THE CONVENT (study for the
landscape).
PROV:
.... Sarah Williamson.
Photo courtesy of the owner.
131.4. THE CONVENT BOAT (later
version).
PROV:
..., unsold. Anon. sales, Sotheby's, 11 November 1998 (271, repr.
colour p.98), unsold, and 12 May 1999 (130, repr. colour p.39); sold
for £5,750. Anon sale, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 9
December 2004 (56 [as The Ferry]; repr. colour), sold for
£3,055.
131.5. THE CONVENT BOAT, AYLESFORD PRIORY
(reduced version). Probably after 1874.
Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 94cm, 23½ x 37 in. Signed.
PROV: Anon sale, Sotheby's, 14 October 1964 (69), unsold at £35.
137. THE PET OF THE FARM.
Oil on
panel, 61.5 x 42cm, 24¼ x 16½ in. Signed l.r.:
'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: .... Consigned by private collector to Bonham's, 19 November 2003
(64; repr. colour p.47); sold for £7,170.
Photo courtesy of Bonham's.
138. OUR DAUGHTER.
To F.M. Brown, 1 October 1874 (MS: South African National
Gallery):
Finborough Road
I am just finishing a small picture for The Dudley; goes
in on Monday evening; could you come before?
140. JACQUES AND THE STAG.
PROV: .... Private collector (on loan to
the National Trust, Knightshayes).
The original design was executed for a circular titlepage wood
engraving in Allingham's Rambles by Patricius Walker (see B44A).
146A. LANDSCAPE WITH COTTAGE, POSSIBLY
HAMPSTEAD HEATH. Mid-1870s to early 1880s.
Oil, approx. 25.5
x 43cm, 10 x 17 in. Signed l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: Dr. Greville Matheson MacDonald; thence to his son Bernard Powell
MacDonald; thence to his grandson Peter MacDonald; thence to his widow
Rosemary MacDonald; thence in 2006 to her son Alistair
MacDonald.
Approx. 4 or 5 inches have been cropped from the top edge.
Photo courtesy of the MacDonald family
147. SPRING.
Oil on canvas, 49.5 x
75cm, 19½ x 29½ in. Signed l.r.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: George Trist; bequeathed in 1884 to his daughter Mrs. Hamilton
Edward (Kate) Lawrance. Anon. sales, Sotheby's, 19 June 2002
(110, as Returning Home, repr.), unsold, and 2 December 2002
(61, repr. colour); bought for £5,500 by Private
Collector.
148. SUMMER.
PROV: George Trist; bequeathed in 1884 to his daughter Mrs. Hamilton
Edward (Kate) Lawrance; ....
149. THE SWINEHERD (AUTUMN).
PROV: George Trist; bequeathed in 1884 to his daughter Mrs. Rose Ellen
Langdale; ....
150. WINTER.
PROV: George Trist; bequeathed in 1884 to his daughter Mrs. Rose Ellen
Langdale; ....
153.2. MR. TRIST & MRS. HERBERT TRIST
(study). c.1876.
Pencil and charcoal on paper laid on board, 35.5 x 28cm,
14 x 11 in. Unsigned.
The reverse has been blackened with charcoal, perhaps for
transfer purposes.
PROV: Abbott & Holder; bought from them on 12 October 2000 by Alan B. Gateley.
Photo courtesy of Abbott & Holder.
157. UNCERTAINTY.
Oil on canvas,
92.5 x 64.5cm, 36½ x 25½ in. Signed & dated
l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes 1878'; inscribed on label verso: 'No 2 Uncertainty--
/Arthur Hughes/Wandle Bank/Wallington Surrey'.
PROV: .... Sylvester Z. Poli; thence by descent to his granddaughter
Miss Poli; her sale, Applebrook Auctions (Brookfield, CT), 22 September
2005 (120, repr. colour), sold for US$108,000.
160. THE OLD NEIGHBOUR GONE BEFORE: A
STREET EPISODE IN BRITTANY.
PROV: ... Anon. sale, Stockholms Auktionsverket, 4-5 December 1995
(231, repr.); bought by Lennart Svensson; consigned by him to
Christie's, 20 October 1998 (175, repr. colour), sold for £8,970.
161. THE PROPERTY ROOM.
1878-79.
Oil on
canvas, 115 x 83cm, 45¼ x 32¾ in. Signed &
dated l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes 1879'; inscribed on label verso: '"The
Property Room"/Arthur Hughes/Wandle Bank/Wallington/Surrey/"To look
beyond the stage,/thy life is but another page/continued of the play",
Thomas Hood/"Act well your part,/there all the honour lies"/Pope'.
PROV: Presumably purchased at the R.A. by private collector, and thence
by descent. Anon. sale, Phillips, 30 November 1999 (61, repr.
colour fr. cover & p.49); bought for £333,500 by Private collector (on loan to Royal Pump Rooms,
Leamington Spa).
Photo courtesy of Phillips.
165.2. EN PÉNITENCE
(study). c.1879.
Oil, 47.5
x 32cm, 18¾ x 12½ in. Signed l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes';
inscribed in another hand on label verso.
PROV: Samuel A. Walker; Walker sale, Puttick & Simpson, 21 March
1884; bought for £9 10s. by Pritchard; by descent to his daughter
Miss Pritchard; bought from her house-sale by a dealer; bought from him
for £50 on 6 May 1960 by John M. Morgan; thence in 1985 to his
widow Mrs. Morgan; thence 1998 to her son Richard
Morgan.
Note: Had this work been included in the Catalogue; its
entry number would have been 165.2; the
current 165.2 would have been 165.3.
Photo courtesy of Wooley & Wallis
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