James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Sir Hugh Walpole (1884–1941), Keswick and London;

With The Leicester Galleries, London, by 1945, no. 21;

Where acquired by Alan Bott (1893–1952), London;

With Didier Aaron, Paris, by 2024;

Where acquired.

London, The Leicester Galleries, The Art Collection of the Late Sir Hugh Walpole, 11 April – 18 May 1945, no. 21.

The art collection of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, exh. cat., London 1945, no. 21.

This watercolour is a study for Waiting at the Station, Willesden Junction, c. 1871–1873, now at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand.¹

The labels on the reverse indicate that it was in the collection of Sir Hugh Walpole (1884–1941), a prominent patron and collector of art. Following the dispersal of his collection through the Leicester Galleries in 1945, this drawing was purchased by his friend Alan Bott (1893–1952), a World War I flying ace, journalist, editor and publisher who founded Pan Books.

¹ Oil on panel, 59.6 x 34.5 cm. Inv. no. 1-1921.