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The Property of a Lady

Frank Holl, R.A., R.W.S.

Leaving home – a seat in a railway station – third class

Lot Closed

September 20, 12:54 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Lady


Frank Holl, R.A., R.W.S.

London 1845–1888

Leaving home  a seat in a railway station  third class


signed lower right: FRANK HOLL.

oil on canvas

unframed: 53.5 x 78.5 cm.; 21 x 31 in.

framed: 83 x 107.5 cm.; 32¾ x 42¼ in.

Purchased from the artist by James Sprent Virtue (1829–1892);

His sale, London, Christie’s, 1 March 1879, lot 113, to ‘Wallis’ (probably William Henry Wallis of The French Gallery, Pall Mall, London);

Possibly anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 July 1890, lot 96, and/or anonymous sale Christie's, London, 23 May 1891, lot 83;

William Sampson of The British Galleries, London;

Private collection, UK;

By inheritance to the husband of the present owner.

Art Journal, 1879, p. 16, reproduced opposite p. 16 as an engraving by C.H. Jeens.