Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
FREDERICK MORGAN | THE FERRY
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June 11, 04:45 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
FREDERICK MORGAN
British
1856 - 1927
THE FERRY
signed Fred Morgan (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 23¾ by 17⅛ in.; 60.3 by 43.5 cm
framed: 34¼ by 27¾ in.; 87 by 70.5 cm
Sale: Christie’s, London, February 24, 1989, lot 284 (for $17,600)
Acquired at the above sale
Frederick Morgan's idyllic scenes of children are, for many, the definition of Victorian childhood joy. Trained by his artist father - who had been taught in Paris by Thomas Couture (1815-1879) - the younger Morgan exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time at the age of 16. Just two years later, the renowned London dealer Thomas Agnew & Sons' became his sole dealer. The demand for and popularity of Morgan's paintings was further cemented by the large number of print reproductions created and sold during his lifetime.
A larger version of this composition was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1895 (no. 792).