JOHN EVAN HODGSON R.A. (BRITISH 1831-1895)
THE QUEEN, GOD BLESS HER!
£8,125
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Signed and dated '80, oil on panel, arched top
Dimensions
65cm x 90cm (25.6in x 35.4in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Anon. sale: Phillip's, London, June 22, 1970, Lot P197.
Exhibited:
Royal Academy, London, England, 1885, no. 265.
The Art and Mind of Victorian England; Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, September 28-November 8, 1974, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, no. 20, reproduced p.87.
The Royal Academy (1837-1901) Revisited, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, March 11-April 27, 1975; The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, May 10-September 14, 1975; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, September 27-October 26, 1975; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 6 1975-February 1, 1976; The Allen House, Louisville, Kentucky, February 14-28, 1976, no. 26, reproduced.
From Waterloo to the Somme: Images of the Army, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, January 15-February 27, 1988, no. 18.
Virtue Rewarded: Victorian Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, August 29-November 6, 1988; The Forbes Magazine Galleries, New York, November 22, 1988-April 16, 1989; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, May 6-June 18, 1989; Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama, July -August 13, 1989; The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 2-October 15, 1989; The Naples Fine Arts Centre Galleries, Naples, Florida, October 28-December 10, 1989; The Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, January 5-February 4, 1990; Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England, June 15-July 29, 1990, no. 3, reproduced.
The Defining Moment: Victorian Narrative Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 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. 23, reproduced in colour.
Literature:
Academy Notes, 1885, p.9, reproduced, p.43.
Michael A. Findlay, "Forbes Saves the Queen," Arts Magazine, February 1973, p.30, reproduced p.29.
"A Glimpse of Victoria's World," Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 22, 1974, p.22, reproduced.
Nessa Forman, "Paintings for Better or Worse: Victoria's England, God Bless it, is Surfacing Again," The Sunday Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1975.
Clyde Burnett, "Survey of Victorian Era English Art a Good Good Show," The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, October 5, 1975, Section F, p.3.
Sarah Landsdell, "Royal Academy Paintings Will Visit for a Style-to-Style in Louisville," Courier-Journal & Times, Sunday, February 1, 1976, section H.
Christopher Wood, Victorian Panorama: Paintings of Victorian Life, London, England, 1976, p.245, reproduced.
Peter Johnson, "Tale of the Riverbank," Art and Antiques, October 16-November 5, 1981, p. 20.
Peter Johnson, Gordon of Khartoum, Wellingborough, 1985, p. 138, reproduced.
Susan Casteras, "Virtue Rewarded: Morality and Faith in Victorian Paintings," Virtue Rewarded: Victorian Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, Louisville, Kentucky, 1988, p.4.
Joseph A. Kestner, Masculinities in Victorian Painting, Hants, England, 1995, reproduced, p.225.