William Powell Frith - The Private View

signed and dated 'W P Frith.1882.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 44 7/8 in

The picture is a highly finished sketch for the last of Frith's panoramic genre scenes, The Private View, 1881

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