JAMES SMETHAM (BRITISH 1821-1889)
THE ROSE OF DAWN
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
£4,000
Description
Signed, oil on canvas
Dimensions
61cm x 35cm (24in x 13.8in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Edmund Bates, Esq., 1879
Exhibited:
Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1971
Literature:
Letters of James Smetham, London, 1891, p. 352.
Malins and Bishops, James Smetham and Francis Danby: Two 19th Century Romantic Painters, (London: Eric & Joan Stevens, 1974), pl. 14.