Lot 443
The Spirit of Christianity: A Symbolic Design 1873-1875
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower left: G F Watts 1875
68 x 37cm
Estimate $30,000 - $40,000
Overall in Very Good Condition
- indication of minor cupping (no cracking or loses) lines upper right
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Painted for Charles H. Richards (1812-86) of Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Mancester
His estate sale, Christie's, 2 April 1887, lot39
Purchased from the above for £126 by Dr Thomas Bond
By descent
Dreweatt Neate, Newbury, 11 February 1998, lot 210
Purchased from the above through Nevill Keating Pictures, London
Masterpieces of Victorian Art from the John and Julie Schaeffer Collection and the Art Gallery of New South Wales Collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr – 9 Sep 2001
Masterworks of Victorian Art from the Collection of John H Schaeffer, Brigham Young, University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah, 15 Feb – 16 Aug 20008
The John H Schaeffer Collection of Victorian and European Art, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah, 26 Aug 2009 – 28 Feb 2010
Victorian Visions: Nineteenth-century Art from the John Schaeffer Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 May – 29 Aug 2010
Richard Beresford, Victorian Visions: Nineteenth-century Art from the John Schaeffer Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010
Frame by Frost & Reed, Bristol and London (label verso)
Canvas prepared by Winsor & Newton, London (stamp verso)
The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm
Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)
CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au
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