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Elegance and Charm: Property from an Important Family

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.

Griselda

Lot Closed

December 15, 05:41 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Elegance and Charm: Property from an Important Family

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.

British

1880 - 1969

Griselda


signed W. RUSSELL FLINT lower left; signed, dated and inscribed Griselda / WRussell Flint / Painted quickly and happily for Cecilia, June 1956 on detached cardboard and signed and inscribed Griselda / WRussell Flint / Peel Cottage / 80 Peel Street / W8 / No. 779 in the Royal Academy of 1958 / NOT FOR SALE on the backboard

watercolour on paper

Unframed: 48.8 by 58.5cm., 19¼ by 23in.

Framed: 58 by 68cm., 22¾ by 26¾in.

Given by the artist to his model Cecilia Green in 1956
Sale: Christie's, London, 5 November 1999, lot 65
Richard Green, London
Purchased from the above by the present owner
London, Royal Academy, 1958, no. 779
Keith S. Gardner and Nigel D. Clark, Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969, 1986, pl. 58, p. 233