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The Sleeping Shepherd
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William Mulready, R.A. (1786-1863)
The Sleeping Shepherd
signed and dated 'W. Mulread[y]/1828' (lower right) and signed again with initials (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out on paper
9¾ x 6¾ in. (24.8 x 17.1 cm.)
The Sleeping Shepherd
signed and dated 'W. Mulread[y]/1828' (lower right) and signed again with initials (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out on paper
9¾ x 6¾ in. (24.8 x 17.1 cm.)
Exhibited
Springfield, 1988, no. 30.
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Please note the additional provenance and literature for this lot:
Commissioned from the artist by George Fennel Robson for Mrs George Haldimand.
Mrs. Haldimand (+); Christie's, London, 21 June 1861, lot 80, vol. II, (£1,500 to Agnew's).
Robert Clarke, 1883 and by descent until; The Haldimand Collection; Christie's, London, 18 March 1980, lot 255.
H.L. Mallalieu, The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists upto 1920, vol. III, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1990, p. 46, illustrated.
Commissioned from the artist by George Fennel Robson for Mrs George Haldimand.
Mrs. Haldimand (+); Christie's, London, 21 June 1861, lot 80, vol. II, (£1,500 to Agnew's).
Robert Clarke, 1883 and by descent until; The Haldimand Collection; Christie's, London, 18 March 1980, lot 255.
H.L. Mallalieu, The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists upto 1920, vol. III, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1990, p. 46, illustrated.
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