After the Bath

Details

William Powell Frith, R.A. (1819-1909)
After the Bath
signed and dated 'W.P. Frith/1897' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 27¾ in. (54 x 70.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Christopher Wood, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1978.

Exhibited

Artists and Models, 1998, no. 6.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This is a highly unusual work for Frith, perhaps all the more so when one considers that it was executed when he was nearly eighty years old. He was however, a keen admirer of the female form, and fathered nineteen children, legitimate and illegitimate, between his two marriages. Other examples of his work are included in the sale as lots 10, 99, 126, and 335.

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