Lot 241
FRANK HOLL R.A., (BRITISH 1845-1888)
DOUBTFUL HOPE
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Signed and dated 1875, oil on canvas
Dimensions
96.5cm x 137.5cm (38in x 54.1in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Sold by the artist to Wallis (French Gallery)
L. H. Lefevre, October 5, 1905.
Christie's, London, June 3, 1981, lot 44, reproduced.
Exhibited:
London, The French Gallery, Winter 1875-76, no. 163
The Substance or the Shadow: Images of Victorian Womanhood, April 14-June 13, 1982, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, No. 41.
Childhood in Victorian England, The Best of Corporate Art in America, 1999 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, September 6-28, 1985, No. 20.
Victorian Childhood, The Forbes Magazine Galleries, New York, December 5, 1985-May 19, 1986.
Hard Times, 1987-88, no. 68
Virtue Rewarded, 1988-90, no. 30
The Defining Moment: Victorian Narrative Paintings from The Forbes Magazine Galleries, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 15-April 2, 2000; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, May 12-August 6, 2000; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, September 7, 2000-January 7, 2001; Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, January 27-April 22, 2001; The Forbes Magazine Galleries, New York, New York, May 2-July 7, 2001; Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, England, July 28-November 10, 2001, No. 24, reproduced in colour.
Literature:
Susan P. Casteras, The Substance or the Shadow: Images of Victorian Womanhood, New Haven, 1982, pp. 14, 19, 77, reproduced Pl.5.
Laurel Bradley, "The Substance or the Shadow: Images Of Victorian Womanhood" at the Yale Centre for British Art," ARTS (June 1982): 129, reproduced fig. 5.