Great British Art: Victorian & Edwardian
Catalogue Information: 128 lots with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON R.S.A. 1821-1901 CYMOCLES DISCOVERED BY ATIS IN THE BOWRE OF BLISSE,
SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON R.S.A. 1821-1901 CYMOCLES DISCOVERED BY ATIS IN THE BOWRE OF BLISSE, SPENSER'S FAIRIE QUEENE, BOOK II, CHAPTER V.signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: J.N.P. London. Octo. 1848.; inscribed l.c.: Cymocles discovered by Atis/ in the B [...more]
Lot 2: SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, P.R.A. 1829-1896 LEAR AND CORDELIA
inscribed on a sheet of writing paper attached to the backing: 10 March 91 The little sketch of Lear is my work when I was a lad/... J E Millaisoil on panelPROVENANCESotheby's, 25 March 1964, lot 206 (bought by Ashford);Private collectionCATALOGUE NO [...more]
Lot 3: SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, P.R.A. 1829-1896 CYMON AND IPHIGENIA
signed and dated l.r.: Millais 1847pen and inkCATALOGUE NOTEThis previously unrecorded and unpublished drawing is a compositional design for Millais's important early painting Cymon and Iphigenia (National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside; Lady Le [...more]
Lot 4: DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-1882 SKETCH FOR DANTE AT VERONA, WITH A PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR THE
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-1882 SKETCH FOR DANTE AT VERONA, WITH A PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR THE PRINCIPAL FIGUREone pencil, the other pencil with brown pen and inkQuantity: 2PROVENANCEChristie's, Manson & Woods, Remaining Works of the Painter and Poet [...more]
Lot 5: f - FORD MADOX BROWN 1821-1893 THE BROMLEY CHILDREN
signed and indistinctly dated l.r.: F M Brown. 184*oil on canvasPROVENANCEProbably Helen Bromley, the sitters' mother;Probably given by Helen Bromley to the artist, and thence by descent via his daughter Lucy and her husband, William Michael Rossetti [...more]
