Lot Essay
The present works are finished sketches for the pictures exhibited at the British Institution in 1861, no.298.
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Thomas Musgrove Joy (1812-1866)
Travelling Post 1760 'Your Money or your Life'; and Travelling Present 1860 'Tickets Please'
one signed with monogram and dated '1861' (upper right) and signed and inscribed 'Travelling 1760/Past Your money or your life/T.M. Joy Fecit/1861 London/Finished sketch' on the reverse; the other signed with monogram and dated '1861' (lower right) and signed, inscribed and dated 'Travelling 1860/Present/Tickets Please/T.M. Joy/Fecit. London/1861/Finished sketch' on the reverse; oil on canvas
11¼ x 16½in. (28.5 x 42cm.) a pair (2)
Travelling Post 1760 'Your Money or your Life'; and Travelling Present 1860 'Tickets Please'
one signed with monogram and dated '1861' (upper right) and signed and inscribed 'Travelling 1760/Past Your money or your life/T.M. Joy Fecit/1861 London/Finished sketch' on the reverse; the other signed with monogram and dated '1861' (lower right) and signed, inscribed and dated 'Travelling 1860/Present/Tickets Please/T.M. Joy/Fecit. London/1861/Finished sketch' on the reverse; oil on canvas
11¼ x 16½in. (28.5 x 42cm.) a pair (2)