WALTER RICHARD SICKERT, A.R.A. | Study for Glencora (after John Gilbert)

Peter Langan, London
His sale, Christie's South Kensington, Peter Langan: A Life in Art, 18th December 2012, lot 62, where acquired by the present owners

London, Leicester Galleries, English Echoes, A Series of Paintings by Richard Sickert, A.R.A., May 1931, cat. no.17;
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, Late Sickert, November 1981 - January 1982, cat. no.66, with tour to Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich; and Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton.

Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006, cat. no.611.1, p.506.

The canvas is original. There is some minor reticulation in the white pigment throughout, predominantly in the upper third and towards the left edge. There are also some very faint stretcher bar marks along the upper and lower edges and along the left edge. There is some very minor surface dirt with some possible minor discolouration to the varnish and a few specks of staining. This excepting the work appears to be in very good overall condition. Inspection under ultra violet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching. The work is held within a carved and reeded wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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We are grateful to Wendy Baron for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

The present work, an 'Echo' after John Gilbert, refers to Lady Glencora, a character in Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels.