A lane scene, with a peasant driving cattle

Details

Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. (1803-1902)
A lane scene, with a peasant driving cattle
signed and dated 'T S Cooper 1831' (lower left)
oil on panel
9 x 10 7/8 in. (22.8 x 27.7 cm.)

Provenance

James Wyatt.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 24 June 1876, lot 94
(88 gns. to Martineau).
Hubert Martineau; Christie's, London, 2 March 1901, lot 83, as 'Peasant on Donkey driving Cows' (270 gns. to Anderson).
with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London.
Barnett Lewis; Christie's, London, 3 March 1930, lot 186, as 'Going to Market' (44 gns. to R.J. May).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Cooper painted small works of this description on his return to England from Brussels in the spring of 1831. The first was sold to his fellow artist Stephen Catterson Smith; the second 'to a person at Ackermann's' (My Life, 2 vols., 1890; vol. 1, p. 216). Both were priced at £2.
We are grateful to Kenneth Westwood for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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