Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1845-1932)

The Jungle

Details

Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1845-1932)
The Jungle
signed and dated and 'Albert Goodwin. 1908/9' (lower right)and inscribed 'The Jungle. 'Wherein all the Beasts of the Forest do move'.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Albert Goodwin Ellerslie Lane Boxhill Sussex cost 90 (price 105) Bt. 1910 R. Society Painters in Water Colour Exhibition' (on the artist's original label, attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and with scratching out, in the artist's original frame
20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 64.2)

Exhibited

Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1910, no. 144, (105 pounds).
Coronation Exhibition, 1911, no. 2443.

Lot Essay

Although not always executed from life, jungle themes frequently surface in Goodwin's work. This watercolour carries echoes of the artist's 'Sinbad' compositions, executed throughout the 1880s and 1890s, and the oil Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, purchased for the nation by the Chantrey Bequest in 1901 for 300 gns. The oil is now in the Tate Gallery.

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