The new arrival

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Carlton Alfred Smith (1853-1946)
The new arrival
signed and dated 'Carlton.A.Smith. 1885.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic, heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
18¼ x 24 in. (46.3 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

with Alexander Gallery, Bristol.

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Lot Essay

Carlton Alfred Smith, one of the most technically accomplished Victorian watercolourists, established his reputation painting genre and cottage interiors. With Charles Edward Wilson (fl.1890-1930), with whom he shared models and a studio in London, he moved to join the artistic community founded by Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) and Helen Allingham (1848-1926) in the villages surrounding Witley in Surrey. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists and the New Watercolour Society.

A watercolour by Smith entitled Two girls in an interior winding a skein of wool was sold Christie's, London, 3 June 1999, lot 35 (£14,685).

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