Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
The Glove seller: A scene from Sterne's 'Sentimental Journey'
Lot Closed
July 8, 02:03 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
William Powell Frith, R.A.
Aldfield 1819 - 1909 London
The Glove seller: A scene from Sterne's 'Sentimental Journey'
Black and white chalk, heightened with red chalk;
signed and dated lower right: WP Frith 1851
545 by 433 mm
Frith painted two oil paintings of this subject: one was exhibited at the British Institution in 1845, the other is dated 1853.1
We are grateful to Mark Bills for his help when cataloguing this lot.
1. The first was sold at Christie's, London on 1 December 2016, lot 75; the second forms part of the collection at The Laurence Sterne Trust, Shandy Hall, Yorkshire.