Lot Essay
A slightly larger work by Bromley, Knuckle Down, depicting boys playing at marbles, sold in The Forbes sale of Victorian Pictures and Works of Art, Christie's, London, 20 February 2003, lot 250 (£14,340).
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Waiting for a bite
Details
William Bromley III (FL. 1835-1888)
Waiting for a bite
signed 'W Bromley' (lower right), and further signed and inscribed 'Waiting for a Bite W.Bromley Howard House 16 Loudoun Road St John's Wood' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 18¼ in. (35.9 x 46.4 cm.)
Waiting for a bite
signed 'W Bromley' (lower right), and further signed and inscribed 'Waiting for a Bite W.Bromley Howard House 16 Loudoun Road St John's Wood' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 18¼ in. (35.9 x 46.4 cm.)
Provenance
with Richard Green, London, by 1987.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 13 February 1987, lot 118 (£6000).
Anon. sale; Bonham's, London, 17 March 1994, lot 93 (£5,200).
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 13 February 1987, lot 118 (£6000).
Anon. sale; Bonham's, London, 17 March 1994, lot 93 (£5,200).
Exhibited
London, Royal Society of British Artists, 1881, no. 271 (£40).
Special notice
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