Live Auction 7363Christopher Wood A Very Victorian Eye
James Macbeth (1847-1891)
Lot 52

James Macbeth (1847-1891)

A quiet afternoon

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GBP 2,400

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James Macbeth (1847-1891)
A quiet afternoon
signed with initials and dated 'JM 70' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'J. Macbeth/23 Newman St./Oxford/A quiet Afternoon/370/Home' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
11 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (30.2 x 23.8 cm.)

Specialist note

James Macbeth was a Glasgow-born artist who exhibited his portraits and genre work in both London and Scotland. A quiet afternoon anticipates the mood of Aestheticism, the cultural movement which came to fruition during the 1880s.