Charles Rossiter (1827-1897)

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Charles Rossiter (1827-1897)

The Harpsichord

signed 'C. Rossiter' and signed and inscribed 'C. Rossiter/1 Hill Road/St. Johns Wood/N.W.' on the reverse and signed and inscribed 'The Harpsichord/C. Rossiter/1 Hill Road/St. Johns Wood/N.W.' on an old label on the reverse; oil on panel
10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20cm.)

Provenance

The artist in 1871
J.H. Collings; Christie's, 9 July 1954, lot 91 (35 gns. to P. Smith)

Exhibited

London, International Exhibition, 1871, no.102 (30 gns.)

Lot Essay

This essay in the manner of Terborch or Metsu is unusual for Rossiter, but suggests that seventeenth-century Dutch painting was an important influence on his more familiar modern genre subjects. The best known example is To Brighton and Back for 3/6 (1859) in the Birmingham City Art Gallery.

According to the catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1871, the picture was painted in 1867.

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