Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. (1803-1902)
On a Dairy Farm
signed and dated 'T. Sidney. Cooper RA/1876' (lower left)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (122 x 183 cm.)
Provenance
Bought from the Royal Academy by the father of Capt. Preolean of Hoveton Hall, Norfolk.
Sold by him through Mr Cummins, of Duke Street, London, to Mr Richardson of Piccadilly for £430.
Thomas Richardson; Christie's, London, 25 April 1908, lot 79 (33 gns. to Misell).
With Dyson Lister, 26 King Street, London, by 15 June 1908.
Sold by him to R. Hatton Wilson, 31 July 1908, for £220.
Literature
Henry Blackburn (ed.), Royal Academy Notes, 1876, p. 62.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1876, no. 953.
Paris, International Exhibition, 1878.
Sale room notice
Please note that the Exhibition details should read as follows and not as stated in the catalogue:
Paris, Universal Exhibition, 1878, no. 52, as Paturage dans le Kent.
An additional Literature reference has kindly been provided by Kenneth Westwood:
E.K. Chatterton, T. Sidney Cooper, His Life and Art, London, 1902 (illustrated as The Cooling Stream, opposite p. 8).
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Kenneth Westwood for his help in the preparation of this catalogue entry.