William Blake Richmond

Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1981, lot 57;
Bought by The Rt. Hon. Alan and Mrs Clark

Simon Reynolds, William Blake Richmond - An Artist's Life 1842-1921, 1995, p.286, illustrated Fig. 105, opposite p.289

The paper is on a stretcher, well supported and flat. There is small tear in the upper left corner and another near the upper right corner, each approx. 2cm. A small abrasion to the Virgin's left forearm. Held under glass in its original dark stained wood frame with a gilt inset. Unexamined out of frame.
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Over the period from November 2014 until February 2015 a number of select pieces will be offered by Sotheby's London from the Clark family collection: an initial from a medieval choir book (contact Mara.Hoffmann@sothebys.com); a Robert Adam book on Diocletian's palace from the Kimbolton Castle Library (Roger.Griffiths@sothebys.com); Victorian pictures by Huskisson, Alma-Tadema, Nicol and Richmond (Simon.Toll@sothebys.com); a Meissen model of the Gellert Monument and a documentary Derby goat by Willems (Richard.Hird@sothebys.com); a 15th Century mother-of-pearl roundel (Erik.Bijzet@sothebys.com); a brass ring by Alexander Calder being offered by our New York Contemporary Department (Katherine.Trezza@sothebys.com); a Moore, Piper and Nolan within the Modern British auction (Simon.Hucker@sothebys.com); and a Cezanne, Bonnard and Miro within the February 2015 Impressionist auctions (Eva.Donnerhack@sothebys.com). There is also a silver marriage schauguldiner coin being offered by Sotheby's associates Morton & Eden (james@mortonandeden.com).