THOMAS FRANCIS DICKSEE R.A. | Juliet

Bonhams, London, 21 November 1996, lot 51;

Graham Gallery, London, from whom acquired by a private collector in Virginia and sold, Christie's, New York, 24 October 2007, lot 185 as Distant Thoughts, where purchased by Stan Battat

Juliet Capulet was a favourite subject for Dicksee. He exhibited a Romeo and Juliet in 1871 at the Academy but his most famous depictions of her are on the balcony at dawn dreaming about Romeo (Sunderland Art Gallery and the MacManus Galleries in Dundee).