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The School Room
Details
Philip Mercier (1689-1760)
The School Room
signed and dated 'Ph. Mercier. fecit/An. 1738.' (above the table, lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm.)
The School Room
signed and dated 'Ph. Mercier. fecit/An. 1738.' (above the table, lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm.)
Provenance
R. Robson; Christie's, 24 May 1902, lot 151 (93 gns. to V. Parsons).
Messrs Laurie & Co; Christie's, 28 January 1905, lot 36 (20 gns. to Schroeder).
Dr. Felix Graefe, Heppenheim, Germany, c. 1922,
from whom bought by the present vendor's father.
Messrs Laurie & Co; Christie's, 28 January 1905, lot 36 (20 gns. to Schroeder).
Dr. Felix Graefe, Heppenheim, Germany, c. 1922,
from whom bought by the present vendor's father.
Literature
J.R. Green, The Short History of the English People, 1894, IV, p. 1617, illustrated.
J. Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Walpole Society, XLVI, 1976-78, p. 61, no. 261.
J. Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Walpole Society, XLVI, 1976-78, p. 61, no. 261.
Engraved
J. Faber, 1739.