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Lot 22
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep, R.A.

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Valentine Cameron Prinsep, R.A.
  • à bientôt
  • signed and inscribed with the artist's address on an old label attached to the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 109 by 84cm., 43 by 33in.

Provenance

Bought from the artist by Mr Gustav Christian Schwabe Esq, of 19 Kensington Park Gardens, London and Hamburg, Germany and donated in 1886 to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, from where de-accessioned on 19 January 1924 and bought by Julius Stern of Dusseldorf, where bought by the grand-father of the present owner

Exhibited

Royal Academy, 1876, no.31;
Paris, Universal Exhibition, 1878, no.223

Literature

An etching by Leopold Flameng was published in 1882

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. It undulates slightly. There is an uneven varnish and there are areas in the background where the paint surface is a little thin. The surface is slightly dirty and the work may benefit from a light clean and revarnish. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Under UV light there appear to be no signs of retouching. FRAME Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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