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169. AUTUMN.
PROV: Lent to Ford Madox Brown in 1879, and returned in 1882.
See Appendix A, Letter 12A.
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 which I borrowed of him nearly three years ago.... I
left it with you in brown paper with Hughes's name on it, when I
finally gave up Fitzroy Square. [Could you send it to him by
post?]
To F.M. Brown [early September 1882] (MS: South African National
Gallery):
Wandle Bank
I received the little drawing you had.
170A. ST. CATHERINE OF SIENNA
(study). c.1880s.
Charcoal
and coloured chalks on board. Unsigned.
PROV: Private collector; sold on 16 January 2001 for US$1,050.
172. THE SAILING SIGNAL GUN.
PROV: ...; sold for £69,000.
185. THE HOME QUARTETTE: MRS. VERNON
LUSHINGTON AND CHILDREN.
LIT: ...; P. Todd, Pre-Raphaelites at Home (2001), (repr.
colour p.179).
186. THE REAPERS AND THE FLOWERS.
PROV: .... sold for £2,500. The Barn Gallery, Powick,
Worcester.
EXH: .... 1987 Autumn Exhibition, The Barn Gallery, 11-18
October 1987 (019 [£8,000], as The Poppy Field, repr.
colour)....
204.2 SUNDAY MORNING (study of the
woman & dogs). c.1884; completed in 1896.
Oil on panel, 23.5 x 19cm, 9¼ x 7½ in. Signed &
dated: 'A Hughes 1896'.
PROV: .... Mrs. F.L. Barrett; consigned by her to Christie's, 12 July
1968 (19, as A Lady and her Dogs).
205A. CHRISTABEL (with sketches
u.r.). 8 August 1885.
Pencil on card, 15 x
12.5cm, 6 x 5 in., in circular mount. Signed c.l.: 'A H';
inscribed and dated l.c.: 'Christabel/8 Aug. 1885', and c.r. (beneath
the mount): 'Aug. 85/Sherringham'.
PROV: Anon. sale, Christie's South Kensington, 9 April 1998 (part of
169); bought for £805 (the lot) by Abbott & Holder; bought
from them in April 1998 by private collector; acquired from him in July
2001 by Alan B. Gateley.
208. HOME FROM MARKET.
Oil on
canvas, 94 x 71cm, 37 x 28 in. Signed l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: .... Pearson. Consigned by a private collector to
Sotheby's, 15 June 2000 (52; repr. colour p.104), unsold at
£65,000, and 30 November 2000 (492, repr. colour p.63), unsold.
208.2. HOME FROM MARKET (full-length
study).
Oil
on panel, 45.5 x 31cm, 18 x 12¼ in. Signed l.l.: 'Arthur
Hughes'.
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 11 November 1998 (273, repr.);
unsold, then bought privately for £4370 in December 1998 by Private collector.
Photo courtesy of Sotheby's.
209A. A REST IN THE WOOD.
1885-86.
Oil.
EXH: IPOC 1885-86 (357); St. Judes, Whitechapel 1886 (195).
LIT: Athenaeum, 12 December 1885, p.776.
210.2 IN THE FOREST OF ARDEN
(sketch). c.1885.
Oil.
PROV: Henry Boddington by 1911.
EXH: Manchester 1911 (252).
210.3 IN THE FOREST OF ARDEN
(study). c.1885, possibly retouched in 1900.
Oil.
PROV: Purchased for 35gns. at F.A.S. 1900 by Captain C.E. Gladstone,
R.N.; thence to Mrs. Gladstone; consigned by her to Christie's, 27
February 1920 (59); bought for 21gns. by Sampson.
EXH: F.A.S. 1900 (31).
210A. IN THE FOREST OF ARDEN.
c.1885.
Oil on
canvas laid on millboard, 31 x 39.5cm, 12 x 15½ in. Signed
l.r.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
The subject is Audrey the goatherd, in Shakespeare's As
You Like It. The model is almost certainly the artist's
daughter Agnes (later Mrs. Hale-White).
PROV: H.J. Brown (Raeburn Gallery, Duke Street); consigned by him to
Christie's, 3 March 1924 (part of 34*), unsold at
5gns. William Lawson Peacock; consigned by his Estate's executor
(G. Stuart Robertson) to Christie's, 6 February 1925 (part of 117*);
bought for 26gns. (the lot) by Stone. Charles Haslewood Shannon,
R.A.; consigned by him to Christie's, 13 March 1925 (89); bought for
2½gns. by Smyth. Private collector by c.1950;
thence to his daughter; consigned by her to Heffel Gallery Ltd.,
Toronto; acquired from them in October 2007 by Private
collector.
* Charles Fairfax Murray's The Flaming Heart
(bequeathed in 1937 by C.H. Shannon to the Fitzwilliam Museum) formed
the other part of these two lots.
215. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM BELL SCOTT
(unfinished).
PROV: ... (consigned by him to Phillip's, 28 November 2000 [41, repr.
colour p.47], unsold).
223.2 THE HEAVENLY STAIR
(study).
Black and
white chalk on cardboard, 33 x 23cm, 13 x 9 in. Signed l.r.: 'AH'
(monogram); inscribed by A.F. Hughes on label verso: 'A Study for The
Heavenly Stair/drawn around 1880'.
PROV: With a Wimbledon art teacher; purchased by the Lourin(?) family;
gifted by them to private collector; gifted by him to his nephew Fred
Gilroy; consigned by him to Boldon Auction Galleries, Tyne & Wear,
3 June 2009 (410, repr. colour); bought for £587.50 by Campbell
Wilson Fine Art; bought from them in November 2009 by Jane Cohen.
Photo courtesy of Fred Gilroy.
230. HARVESTING. PORTHLEVEN.
EXH: ...; Richmond 1998 (20, repr. colour p.36).
231A. PORTHLEVEN, SOUTH CORNWALL.
c.1887.
Oil
on panel, 21 x 36cm, 8¼ x 14¼ in. Signed l.l.:
'Arthur Hughes'; inscribed on label verso.
PROV: Anon. sale, Bearne's, Exeter, 24 June 1998 (482; repr. p.44);
bought for £1,800 by Private collector.
Photo courtesy of Bearne
233.2. THREADS OF FATE
(study).
Oil on panel. Inscribed on label verso: 'Sketch for "Threads of
Fate"/Represents Cadgwith from Mrs Raskins Garden'; and in other hands:
"(Cornwall, autumn 1887) by Arthur Hughes/bought at the exhibition of
his works after his death/Bought 1917 by Sir William Hale-White/with
the artist's daughter, Agnes, as model/(later Agnes Hale-White)'.
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Bonham's, 2001 (150). Private collector;
consigned by the Estate's executors to Anthony Capodilupo Fine Art;
bought from them for US$3,300 by Private collector.
233A. LUCY HILL. 1887.
Oil on canvas laid on
panel, 42 x 26.5cm, 16½ x 10½ in. Signed l.l.:
'Arthur Hughes', inscribed and dated u.r.: 'Lucy Hill. Oct 1887'.
The sitter (1864-c.1960) was the daughter of
George Birkbeck Hill.
PROV: Lucy Hill (later Mrs. Charles Crump); gifted by her in September
1938 to Mary Manson (eldest daughter of J.B. Manson, former Director of
the Tate Gallery). Anon sale, Bonham's Chester, 5 June 2003
(382); bought for £476 by private collector; consigned by him to
Sotheby's, 25 November 2004 (326; repr. colour p.50); bought for
£4,800 by Private collector.
247. ABOVE A COVE, NORTH CORNWALL.
EXH: Richmond 1998 (21, repr. colour p.37).
248. NORTH WEST CORNWALL.
Oil on panel.... Signed l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: .... Anon sale, Bellmans, West Billingshurst, 20 March 2009
(1930, repr. colour), bought for £988 by Campbell Wilson Fine Art.
250. SEASHORE SCENE, CORNWALL.
PROV:
..., consigned by him to Phillip's, 28 November 2000 (40 [as A
Coastal Scene], repr. colour p.46); sold for £5,000.
253. THE WORSHIPFUL MAIDENS.
PROV: ...; acquired from him in November 2009 by Clive
G. Rowland.
257.2. GURNARD'S HEAD, FROM ST. IVES.
Oil on panel, 17.5 x 29cm, 7 x 11½ in. Inscribed verso:
'Gurnard's Head, From St. Ives / To Mrs Millar from Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: Apparently gifted to Mrs. Millar.... Maas Gallery; bought from
them in October 1996 by John Schaeffer; Schaeffer sale, Christie's
Sydney, 15 May 2004 (301, repr. colour); sold for AU$11,352.50.
264. FISHERMAN'S HOME.
Oil on board,
27 x 45cm, 10¾ x 17¾ in. Signed l.l.: 'Arthur
Hughes'; inscribed on fragment of label verso.
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Phillip's Somerly (Ringwood, Hants), 10 July
2001 (848, as The Fisherman's Cottage, repr. colour); sold for
£2,300.
Note: 264.2 does not after
all relate to this picture--see n1.
268.2. WONDERLAND.
To Susan Lushington, 25 July 1912
(MS: Private collection):
Kew Green
I have submitted the little picture I proposed to give
the King to Mr. Askwith, as I should not dare offer it unless he
approved; but so far have had no answer. But it was only two days
ago and such enquiries have to wait their turn and opportunity. I
am afraid he is frightfully worried this particular time.
268.3. WONDERLAND (study).
PROV: ...; bequeathed in 2002 to her nephew Robert
John Ruck-Keene.
271A. AT THE CHURCH GATE. c.
early 1890s.
Oil on
canvas, 75 x 53.5cm, 29½ x 21 in. Indistinctly signed l.l.
This and Faith (271) appear to be related.
PROV: Anon sale, Sotheby's, 21 March 2001 (373, repr. colour p.198);
sold for £6,600. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 15 July 2008 (79,
repr. colour), unsold.
271B. EVENING CHORES. c.
early 1890s.
Oil on
panel, 30 x 45cm, 11¾ x 17¾ in. Signed l.r.:
'Arthur Hughes'; inscribed on fragment of label verso: '[E]astside
House/Kew Green/Surrey'.
PROV: Anon. sale, Auktionshuset Metropol AB, Stockholm, 4 November 2002
(190 2013, repr.), bought for SKR29,500 by Erik Cimini; bought from him
in May 2003 by Private collector.
Photo courtesy of Erik Cimini.
272. HEAD OF A GIRL.
PROV: ...; acquired from him in July 2000 by Clive
G. Rowland.
278. THE YELLOW SANDS.
PROV: .... Thomas Agnew & Sons. Private collector.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 10 March 2005 (227, repr. colour p.32), sold for
£2,400.
286.5. A REPENTANT SINNER.
To Susan Lushington, 27 February 1912 (MS: Private collection):
Kew Green
Thanks for your prompt agreement about the frames, and
lovely words about the "Door of Mercy."
289. THE SEAGULL'S MIRROR.
Oil on canvas laid
on board, 46 x 68cm, 18¼ x 26¾ in. Signed l.r.:
'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Babuino Casa d'Aste, Roma, 11 June 2008 (403,
repr. colour), sold for €9,120.
294. SIR GALAHAD. Taken up
again in 1913.
PROV: ... Anon. sale, Christie's, 18 October 1963 (109). Anon.
sale, Phillip's, 24 November 1998 (33; repr. colour p.28); bought for
£29,900 by John & Julie Schaeffer; consigned by them to
Christie's, 25 November 2003 (147; repr. colour); sold for
£59,750.
To Susan Lushington, 18 January 1913 (MS: Private collection):
Kew Green
I was busily working upon La Belle Dame Sans Merci this
morning.
To Susan Lushington, 7 February 1913
(MS: Private collection):
Kew Green
I have been busy adding latest additions to "La Belle
Dame sans Merci" ... and I feel that, good or bad, it is coming to what
I have tried to make it.
294.2. LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
(preliminary sketch). c.1893, or later.
EXH: ... A Dream of the Past, University of Toronto Art Centre,
8 April-22 September 2000 (31, erroneously dated 'c.1861'; repr.
p.105).
To Susan Lushington, 7 February 1913 (MS: Private collection):
Kew Green
I have been busy [with] "La Belle Dame sans Merci" (the
sketch you remember made in the lovely wood one day).
296. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM BELL SCOTT.
PROV: .... Anon. sales, Christie's South Kensington, 28 March 2007
(169; repr. colour), unsold, and 26 September 2007 (265, repr. colour
p.129), unsold, and then bought privately by Jane
Cohen.
300. OVERTHROWING OF THE RUSTY KNIGHT.
PROV: .... Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 27 November 2003 (317; repr. colour);
sold for £31,200.
301. DREAMLAND. Retouched in
1913.
To Susan Lushington, 25 November 1913 (MS: Private collection):
Kew Green
I have just been having a high time trying to make one or
two sick pictures well. The Princess and Witch [479] a little, and Caedmon [478] a little, but just interrupted in these by
a sudden appeal for one to represent me at Exhibn of works by
Welshmen or Artists of Welsh extraction. I come in under the
latter, so am sending "Dreamland"; but I have had to touch it up a good
deal in a short time.
302. AN AYRSHIRE GLEN.
PROV: .... Private collection; consigned to Sotheby's, 14 December 2006
(125; repr. colour), unsold, & Sotheby's Olympia, 21 March 2007
(75; repr. colour p.52), unsold. Anon. sale, Mellors & Kirk,
Nottingham, 28 September 2007 (893, repr. colour); bought for
£2,115 by Sim Fine Art; bought from them in November 2007 by Private collector.
305A. NEAR LLANBEDR, N. WALES.
c. early to mid-1890's.
Oil on panel, 30.5 x 46.5cm, 12 x 18¼ in.
Signed l.r.: 'Arthur Hughes'; inscribed verso: 'Near Llanbedr, N Wales
To Miss Smith'.
PROV: Bessie Smith; thence by descent to her great nephew Richard Willmott.
Photo courtesy of the owner.
311A. CATTLE ON A CLIFFTOP MEADOW.
Before c.1895.
Oil on panel, 17 x 28cm, 6¾ x 11 in. Signed
l.l.: 'Arthur Hughes'.
PROV: Anon. sale, Bearne's, Exeter, 24 June 1998 (484, repr.p.44);
bought for £520 by Private collector.
Photo courtesy of Bearne's
311B. MEROPE ROCKS, N. CORNWALL.
Before c.1895; outer edges completed c.1910.
Oil on panel, 20.5 x 32cm, 8 x 12¾ in. Signed
l.r.: 'Arthur Hughes'; inscribed verso: 'Merope Rocks/N. Cornwall'.
PROV: Consigned by a Ballarat, Victoria private collector to Leonard
Joel, Melbourne, c.1992 (exact date & lot number unknown);
bought by a private collector; bought from him, through Douglas Kane,
in December 2001 by private collector; bought from him in March 2002 by
Abbott & Holder.
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