Lot 250
SIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER R.A. (BRITISH 1849-1914)
HWFA MON, ARCH-DRUID OF WALES
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Signed with initials and dated '96, pencil and watercolour in an elaborately carved and gilded frame created by the artist
Dimensions
59cm x 37cm (23.2in x 14.6in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Baron & Baroness Schröder, Dell Park, Englefield, Surrey: Christie, Manson, and Woods, April 30, 1979, Lot 337, reproduced.
Exhibited:
Herkomer exhibition, Watford Museum, Watford, Herts, England, February 15-March 10, 1982.
Painting the Dragon, National Museum & Gallery Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, April 8-July 9, 2000, no. 13, reproduced in colour.
Literature:
Alfred L. Baldry, Hubert von Herkomer, CVO, RA: A Study and a Biography, London, 1901, p.59, reproduced.
Miranda J. Green, Exploring the World of the Druids, Thames and Hudson, London, reproduced.