Property from a Private Collection
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., PRA, RWS
Sweet is the Breath of Morn
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Sir Edward John Poynter Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S.
British
1836 - 1919
Sweet is the Breath of Morn
signed with monogram and dated 1888 centre left
oil on panel
unframed: 57 by 57.8cm., 22½ by 22¾in.
framed: 87 by 87cm., 34¼ by 34¼in.
Bought from the Manchester exhibition by Frederick Smallman, Esq. of Hayesleigh, Stretford near Manchester
His sale: Christie’s, London, 27 March 1896, lot 136 to Agnew’s on behalf of William Hesketh Lever, Lord Leverhulme, Thornton Manor, Merseyside
His sale: Anderson Galleries, New York, 17-19 February 1926, lot 216 bought by ‘H.S. Greives’
Private collection, North Carolina
Anderson Galleries, Los Angeles
Purchased from the above by the present owner circa 1999
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1888, no. 16 (exhibited without a title)
Manchester City Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1888, no. 269
Oldham, Loan Exhibition of Pictures, 1894, lent by ‘F. Smallman’
Pall Mall Gazette, 28 April 1888, p. 5
Birmingham Daily Post, 30 April 1888, p. 4
Leeds Mercury, 30 April 1888, p. 8
Sheffield Independent, 30 April 1888, p. 4
Morning Advertiser, 30 April 1888, p. 2
Globe, 30 April 1888, p. 6
Manchester Courier, 2 May 1888, p. 5
Building News, 4 May 1888, p. 18
Cosmo Monkhouse, 'Sir Edward J. Poynter, P.R.A - His Life and Work', The Easter Art Annual, 1896, pp. 23 and 14 (illustrated)
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