The Flock Masters Hope: The Spring Time of the Year

细节

Thomas Sydney Cooper, R.A. (1803-1902)
The Flock Masters Hope: The Spring Time of the Year
signed and dated 'T. Sidney Cooper R.A/1893' (lower left) and with inscription 'T.S. Cooper Esq. RA/Vernon Holme/Nr Canterbury' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
71½ x 601/8 in. (181.5 x 152.6 cm.)

来源

Bought by Agnew's, 1896.
Sold by Agnew's to W.F. Monie, 1896.
J.L. Wade Esq.
Hartley & Hartley; Christie's, London, 31 March 1926, lot 135 (65 gns. to Sampson, The British Galleries).

出版

H. Blackburn, Academy Notes, 1893, p. 107 (illustrated).
Royal Academy Pictures, 1893, p. 112 (illustrated).
Pall Mall Gazette, 1893, p. 33. (illustrated).

展览

London, Royal Academy, 1893, no. 571.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 1893, no. 56. (£56, 10s.)

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

One of the finest canvases of this size and date, the present picture was once in the collection of J. L. Wade, a discriminating collector of Cooper's work.

We are grateful to Kenneth Westwood for his help in the preparation of this catalogue entry.