Lot 523
  • 523

John Opie, R.A.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Opie, R.A.
  • Confession
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Thomas Alderson;
Anonymous Sale, London, Christie's, 17 February 1809, lot 84, for 45 guineas;
William Cust, Bristol.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy,1800, no. 90;
The British School,1802.

Literature

The Monthly Mirror, London July 1800, vol. 10, pp. 8-9;
J. J. Rogers, Opie and His Works, London and Truro 1878, p. 185;
A. Earland, John Opie and His Circle, London 1911, pp. 329-330;
W. T. Whitley, Art in England 1800 - 1820, vol. 1, Cambridge 1928, pp. 6, 47.