European & British Art
European & British Art
George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.
Loch Ness
Lot Closed
December 14, 03:33 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.
British
1817 - 1904
Loch Ness
oil on canvas
Unframed: 76 by 63.5cm., 30 by 25in.
Framed: 107 by 94cm., 42 by 37in.
G.F. Watts’s Studio Collection at Limnerslease, Compton, Surrey
In 1904 bequeathed by the artist to his widow, Mary Seton Watts (listed in G.F Watts’s Will under ‘Seventh Part’, ‘Remaining Works to be retained by the Executors’, no. 78)
Thence by descent to Mrs Lilian Chapman, née Mackintosh in 1938 (the Watts’s adopted daughter); thence by descent to her son, Ronald Chapman in 1972; thence by descent to his son, Peter Chapman in 1994
Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 9 June 1994, lot 218
Julian Hartnoll, London (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, Tokyo
In 1904 bequeathed by the artist to his widow, Mary Seton Watts (listed in G.F Watts’s Will under ‘Seventh Part’, ‘Remaining Works to be retained by the Executors’, no. 78)
Thence by descent to Mrs Lilian Chapman, née Mackintosh in 1938 (the Watts’s adopted daughter); thence by descent to her son, Ronald Chapman in 1972; thence by descent to his son, Peter Chapman in 1994
Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 9 June 1994, lot 218
Julian Hartnoll, London (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, Tokyo
Mary Seton Watts, Extracts from Mary Seton Watts’s Lost Diary for 1899 (transcribed by David Stuart), circa 1970s, unpublished, Watts Gallery Archive
Malcolm Bell, Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters: Watts, London, 1905, p. 60
Mrs Russell Barrington, G.F. Watts. Reminiscences, London, 1905, pp. 204-205
J.E. Phythian, George Frederick Watts, London, 1906, p. 141
Mary Seton Watts, Manuscript Catalogue of G.F. Watts’s Paintings, Subject Pictures Volume, Watts Gallery Archive, circa 1912, unpublished, p. 87
Mary Seton Watts, The Annals of an Artist’s Life, London, vol. II, 1912, pp. 289-294
Anon., A Catalogue of the Pictures by G.F. Watts, O.M.,R.A. at the Picture Gallery Compton, 1928, p. 26
Wilfrid Blunt, The Watts Gallery, (Catalogue of Pictures on Display), 1970, no. 19, p. 6
The Watts Gallery. List of Works loaned by the Late Mrs L. Chapman, no. 114, Loch Ness, 9 July 1973, unpublished, Watts Gallery Archive
Veronica Franklin Gould, G. F. Watts. The Last Great Victorian, 2004, p. 331
Malcolm Bell, Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters: Watts, London, 1905, p. 60
Mrs Russell Barrington, G.F. Watts. Reminiscences, London, 1905, pp. 204-205
J.E. Phythian, George Frederick Watts, London, 1906, p. 141
Mary Seton Watts, Manuscript Catalogue of G.F. Watts’s Paintings, Subject Pictures Volume, Watts Gallery Archive, circa 1912, unpublished, p. 87
Mary Seton Watts, The Annals of an Artist’s Life, London, vol. II, 1912, pp. 289-294
Anon., A Catalogue of the Pictures by G.F. Watts, O.M.,R.A. at the Picture Gallery Compton, 1928, p. 26
Wilfrid Blunt, The Watts Gallery, (Catalogue of Pictures on Display), 1970, no. 19, p. 6
The Watts Gallery. List of Works loaned by the Late Mrs L. Chapman, no. 114, Loch Ness, 9 July 1973, unpublished, Watts Gallery Archive
Veronica Franklin Gould, G. F. Watts. The Last Great Victorian, 2004, p. 331
Oldham, 1900
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, The Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, no. 377
Manchester, Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Queen's Park Branch, 1901
Ghent, New Museum, Citadel Park, XXXVIII Exposition, Salon De 1902, 1902, no. 694
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Special Loan Collection of Works by the Late G.F. Watts, R.A., O.M., 1905, no. 175
Manchester City Art Gallery, G.F. Watts Memorial Exhibition, 1905, no. 152
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Frederick Watts R.A, O.M, 1905, no. 1
Compton, Watts Gallery, Permanent Collection Displays, 1928, no. 90 (on loan from Mrs Lilian Chapman)
The Takamatsu Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Bunkamura Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo and Himeji Municipal Museum of Art, Symbolisme en Europe, 1996-1997, no. 34
Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art and Ashikaga Museum of Art, Pre-Raphaelites Exhibition: from Manchester City Art Galleries and Other Collections 2000, no. 82
Toyohashi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History and Okayama, The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, From Turner to Impressionists: Colour, Light and Nature in British and French Art, 2009-2010, no. 2-15
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, The Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, no. 377
Manchester, Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Queen's Park Branch, 1901
Ghent, New Museum, Citadel Park, XXXVIII Exposition, Salon De 1902, 1902, no. 694
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Special Loan Collection of Works by the Late G.F. Watts, R.A., O.M., 1905, no. 175
Manchester City Art Gallery, G.F. Watts Memorial Exhibition, 1905, no. 152
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Frederick Watts R.A, O.M, 1905, no. 1
Compton, Watts Gallery, Permanent Collection Displays, 1928, no. 90 (on loan from Mrs Lilian Chapman)
The Takamatsu Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Bunkamura Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo and Himeji Municipal Museum of Art, Symbolisme en Europe, 1996-1997, no. 34
Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art and Ashikaga Museum of Art, Pre-Raphaelites Exhibition: from Manchester City Art Galleries and Other Collections 2000, no. 82
Toyohashi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History and Okayama, The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, From Turner to Impressionists: Colour, Light and Nature in British and French Art, 2009-2010, no. 2-15