Lot Essay
We are grateful to Betty Elzea, author of the monograph on Frederick Sandys, for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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From the Collection of Sir Roy Strong, C.H. and his late wife, Julia Trevelyan Oman, Lady Strong (lots 79-83)The following four lots were all in the collection of James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), a solicitor who represented Whistler, Sandys, Rossetti and Morrris, Marshall and Faulkner. He also was a friend and patron to several of these artists, and lent their work to many high-profile exhibitions around the country. Having begun to collect prints in the 1840s, in the 1860s and 1870s he formed the finest collection of Whistler’s drypoints and etching up to 1876. He also collected drawings and paintings by both French and British contemporary artists. His collection was sold over several sales in these Rooms, the first on 1-2 May 1861. This early sale may have represented a shift in taste, as it was at around this time that Rose began to collect pictures by Sandys and the Pre-Raphaelites: he would eventually own more than fifty paintings and drawings by Sandys, as well as fourteen works by Rossetti, amongst others. He often received drawings and prints as presents from the artists, and several of this group have inscriptions which suggest this as their provenance. The bulk of his collection was sold in four sales in these Rooms in 1891, but some items, including these, were retained by the family.
Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, A.R.A. (1829-1904)
Portrait of James Anderson Rose, bust-length, his head turned to the right
Details
Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, A.R.A. (1829-1904)
Portrait of James Anderson Rose, bust-length, his head turned to the right
signed with monogram and dated '1861' (lower right) and inscribed 'J. Anderson Rose.' (upper right)
black, white and red chalk on grey-blue paper
17 3/8 x 13 ¾ in. (44.2 x 34.9 cm.); and Two etchings of James Anderson Rose, one after Sandys, the other after James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Portrait of James Anderson Rose, bust-length, his head turned to the right
signed with monogram and dated '1861' (lower right) and inscribed 'J. Anderson Rose.' (upper right)
black, white and red chalk on grey-blue paper
17 3/8 x 13 ¾ in. (44.2 x 34.9 cm.); and Two etchings of James Anderson Rose, one after Sandys, the other after James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Provenance
James Anderson Rose, and by descent to his wife
Emily Winter Rose and by descent to her half-sister
Anne Oman, née Chadwick, and by descent in the family to
Julia Trevelyan Oman.
Emily Winter Rose and by descent to her half-sister
Anne Oman, née Chadwick, and by descent in the family to
Julia Trevelyan Oman.
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