CHARLES HUNT (BRITISH 1829-1900)
MY MACBETH
£11,500
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Signed and dated 1863, oil on canvas
Dimensions
51cm x 66cm (20.1in x 26in)
Footnote
Provenance:
M. Newman Ltd., London
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York
Note:
The artist has pained a copy of the Art Journal into the scene after his painting received rave reviews in the said periodical.
Exhibited:
The Victorian Scene, M. Newman Ltd., London, 1962
The Art and Mind of Victorian England: Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, September 28 - November 8, 1974, No. 23 reproduced.
The Royal Academy (1837-1901) Revisited, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 11-April 27, 1975; The Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey, May 10-September 14, 1975; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 27-October 26, 1975; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, December 6, 1975-February 1, 1976; The Allen House, Louisville, February 14-February 28, 1976, No. 29, reproduced.
A Brush with Shakespeare: The Bard in Painting 1780-1910, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama, December 11, 1985-February 2, 1986; New York Public Library at Lincoln Centre, New York, March 10 - April 13, 1986; Chicago Public Library Cultural Centre, April 26 - June 14, 1986, No. 34.
Literature:
Mario Amaya, "Nineteenth Century Art: The Opening Vista," Apollo, Vol. LXXVI, No. 10 (new series), December 1962, p. 807.
Anthony Powell, "Best Bad Painters in the World," Daily Telegraph, February 3, 1972.
Melvin Waldfogel, "Introduction," The Art and Mind of Victorian England: Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1974, p. 19., reproduced plate No. 23.
Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, London, 1978, p.632, reproduced.
Richard D. Altick, Paintings from Books: Art and Literature in Britain, 1760 - 1900, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, 1988, p. 317, reproduced plate No. 235.