LASLETT JOHN POTT (BRITISH 1837-1898)
ON THE MARCH FROM MOSCOW
£3,400
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Signed and dated 1873, oil on canvas
Dimensions
81cm x 120cm (31.9in x 47.2in)
Footnote
Provenance:
T. Smith, Esq.
Anon. sale: Christie's, London, November 19-20, 1970, Lot 287.
Exhibited:
Royal Academy, 1873, No.337.
Nottingham, 1878, No.174.
THE ART AND MIND OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND: Paintings from the FORBES Magazine Collection, The University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, September 28, 1974-November 8, 1974.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY (1837-1901) REVISITED, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: March 11, 1975-April 27, 1975; The Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey, May 10,1975-September 14, 1975; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, September 27, 1975-October 26, 1975; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 6, 1975-February 1, 1976; The Allen House, Louisville, Kentucky, February 14, 1976-February 28, 1976, No. 55, reproduced.
Literature:
Art Journal, 1873, p.198.
James Dafforne, "The Works of Laslett John Pott, Art Journal, 1877, p.259, reproduced.