Christian at the foot of the cross - The Pilgrim's Progress

Details

JOSEPH NOEL PATON, R.S.A. (BRITISH, 1821-1909)
Christian at the foot of the cross - The Pilgrim's Progress
signed with monogram (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'The copyright of this Picture is Reserved by/Noel Paton' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, with an arched top
15¾ x 10½ in. (40 x 26.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 May 1979, lot 79 (part).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 November 1996, lot 295.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 December 2010, lot 36, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Joseph Noel Paton drew many subjects from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress from his return to Edinburgh in 1857 well into the 1870s. The present picture is probably a preliminary sketch for the work recorded in his studio in 1873 and now in Aberdeen Art Gallery.

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