Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A. (1803-1902) and Frederick Richard Lee R.A. (1798-1879)

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A. (1803-1902) and Frederick Richard Lee R.A. (1798-1879)
morning in the meadows
signed and dated l.r.: F.R. Lee RA/ 1851/ T.S.Cooper. RA; inscribed with the title and the artist's names on an old label attached to the stretcher
oil on canvas
107 by 152.5 cm., 42 by 60 in.

Provenance

F. Pryor, his sale Christie's, 16 May 1888, lot 66, (360gns. to Vokins);
Sir Charles Seely, 25 Belgrave Square, London; his sale Christie's, 22 June 1928, lot 134, (68gns to Sampson);
The British Galleries, London;
Pye Wilson, Morecambe Salerooms, 8 February 1989, lot 313

Exhibited

Possibly Royal Academy, 1851, no. 375

Literature

Art Journal, 1851, p. 157;
S. Sartin, Thomas Sidney Cooper C.V.O.,R.A. , 1976, p. 63, cat. no. 92

Catalogue Note

'A composition of considerable size, containing on the left a group of trees, and on the right opening to distance. A stream traverses the nearest part of the foreground, where also is assembled a herd of kine. The work exhibits all the merits which are usually found in the productions of both artists.' (Art Journal, 1851, p. 157).

We are grateful to Kenneth Westwood for his assistance cataloguing this lot