Property from an Important Private Collection
Henry le Jeune
The eft
Lot Closed
April 10, 12:46 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Henry Le Jeune, A.R.A.
London 1819–1904
The eft
signed with monogram lower right
oil on panel
unframed: 76 x 63 cm.; 30 x 24¾ in.
framed: 105 x 92 cm.; 41¼ x 36¼ in.
George Simpson, Wray Park, Reigate, by 1867;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 November 1993, lot 100;
Where acquired by the present owner.
London, Royal Academy, 1862, no. 307.
The Art Journal, vol. 29, 1867, p. 60, reproduced.
The present work was one of the selected pictures in The Art Journal from 1867, the author commenting 'His real strength lies in his representation of children: here he stands without an equal among our living school of artists for truth, beauty, and natural expression'.
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