Lot 204
HENRY CAMPOTOSTO (BELGIAN 1833-1910)
THE APOTHEOSIS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Signed, oil on panel
Dimensions
155cm x 107cm (61in x 42in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, December 12, 1978, Lot 194, reproduced.
Exhibited:
Collecting Queen Victoria, The Winter Antiques Show, The Armory, New York, New York, January 23-February 1, 1987; The Forbes Magazine Galleries, New York, New York, February 12-May 16, 1987, no. 3; The Fine Art Society, London, England, June 9-July 3, 1987; The University of Surrey at Guildford, Surrey, England, July 1987.
The Nature of Diamonds, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, October 15, 1997-May 15, 1998; San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California, March-September 19, 1999.
Literature:
E. F. Benson, Queen Victoria: A Biography, Chatto & Windus, London, 1987, reproduced.
Joy Billington, Forbes: The London Collection, The Illustrated London News, Spring, 1991, Vol. 279, No.7099, p. 42