Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Property from a Canadian Private Collection
Herbert James Draper
Andromeda (The Victim)
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Canadian Private Collection
Herbert James Draper
London 1863–1920
Andromeda (The Victim)
signed lower left: H. J. Draper
oil on canvas
unframed: 105.5 x 47.2 cm., 41½ x 18½ in.
framed: 122 x 63 cm., 48 x 24¾ in.
Acquired by Mr and Mrs Ross and Beatrice Clarke, Quebec Avenue, Toronto in 1920 or 1922;
Thence by direct descent to their son, Ross Clarke Jr, and his wife Jeanne, Toronto in the early 1970s;
Thence by direct descent to his daughter, circa 1988.
Daily Graphic, 24 April 1898;
Daily Telegraph, 7 May 1898, p. 7;
The Englishman, 14 June 1898;
Birmingham Daily Post, 27 April 1898, p. 9;
The Queen, 11 June 1898, p. 59;
Daily News, 18 May 1898, p. 8;
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 27 April 1898, p. 4;
S. Toll, Herbert Draper 1863–1920 – A Life Study, Woodbridge 2003, pp. 89–89, 183, no. HJD78.
London, New Gallery, 1898, no. 102 (as The Victim).
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