Francis Wheatley, R.A. (1747-1801)

The Executors of the late ROBERT CLARKE

細節

Francis Wheatley, R.A. (1747-1801)

A Lover's Anger: An Interior with a young girl in a feathered hat, standing beside a young man, who is seated by a table with a watch in his hand, remonstrating with her

with an indistinct inscription on the reverse, and inscribed on a label attached to the backboard 'Aug 29 1786 A Lover's Anger/F. Wheately Engraved by P. Simon, Lord bless me said she, let a body but speak/Her'as an ugly hard rose bud fall'n into my neck/It has hurt me and vexed me to such a degree/see here, for you never believe me, pray see/On the left side of my breast, what a mark/it has made,/so saying her bosom, she careless display'd/that seat of delight. I with wander survey'd/and forgot every word I designed to have said/Priars 'A Lovers Anger'; pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, watermark, Fleur de Lys
12 3/8 x 10in, (314 x 254mm.)

來源

Arthur N. Gilbey; Christie's, 26 Apr. 1940, lot 209 (150 gns. to Partridge)

出版

M. Webster, Francis Wheatley, London, 1970, p. 65 (repr). p. 162

刻印

P. Simon, 1786

拍品專文

Wheatley in the genre of literary subjects throughout his career. The majority of his themes were taken from English literature and many of the books which he chose to ilustrate are still famous today. This list of books illustrated by Wheatley includes, Clara Reeve, The Old English Baron; Sterne, A Sentimental Journey, James Fennell, Lindor and Clara, or, the British Officer; and A Lover's Anger and To a young Gentleman in Love both by Matthew Prior (1664-1721). Although the majority of Wheatley's literary Royal Academy subjects were taken from poetry this was always contemporary rather than early 18th Century