oil on board
five panels (framed as one)
1 x 4 1/4 x 9 1/4"
2 x 4 1/4 x 6"
2 x 4 1.4 x 2 1/4"
The stoey of Echo and Narcissus based on Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Walter Crane - Laura
signed woth monogram
1885
oil on canvas
36 x 15"
Laura was the unrequited love of the poet Petrarch (1304 - 1374).
James Archer - Battle of the Centaurs
signed with monogram
1891
oil on panel
31 7/8 x 5"
one of a series of panels that decorated Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's house in Grove End Road. The Hall had a remarkable set of 45 narrow panels done by the artists friends.
John William Godward - Mischief and Repose
signed and dated 'J.W.GODWARD/1909' (centre right)
oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.
oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Enquiries
When I was away in Hospital I had over a hundred emails with various art related enquiries. I am gradually working through my emails but it will take a few weeks. Please bear with me and I'll answer when I can.
Frank Dicksee - Paola and Francesca
signed 'Frank Dicksee/1894' (lower left) and signed and inscribed 'Paolo & Francesca/Frank Dicksee/80 Peel Street/Campden Hill' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
52¼ x 52¼ in
oil on canvas
52¼ x 52¼ in
Frank Holl - 'Better is a dinner of herbs ...
'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith'signed and dated 'FRANK HOLL.1870.' (lower left) and signed and inscribed 'Better a dinner of herbs. where love is.-/Than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith./Proverbs. Chapter 15. Verse 17./Frank Holl.' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 56¼ in
oil on canvas
39¼ x 56¼ in
William Powell Frith - The Private View
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signed and dated 'W P Frith.1882.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 44 7/8 in
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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