Thomas Faed
The First Step
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October 6, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Thomas Faed
Scottish 1826-1900
The First Step
oil on canvas
canvas: 34 ⅗ by 26 ½ in.; 88 by 67.5 cm
framed: 41 ⅓ by 33 ⅖ in.; 105 by 85 cm
James Horne Esq., by 1852;
Anonymous sale, Edinburgh, Sotheby's, 26 April 2007, lot 3;
Where acquired.
London, Royal Academy, 1851, no. 811
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1852, no. 47
Mary McKerrow, The Faeds, A Biography, 1982, p. 152.
Exhibited in 1851 with Cottage Piety and an illustration to Auld Robin Gray, The First Step was one of the first paintings Faed showed at the Royal Academy in London.