The Rescue

Details

Edward Hughes (1832-1908)
The Rescue
signed 'Edward Hughes. 1865' (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 x 48½ in. (96.5 x 123.2 cm.)

Provenance

Charles L. Collard, Bournemouth; his sale, Christie's, London, 13 February 1892, lot 153 (50 gns. to Sir F. Mappin).

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1865, no. 602.

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Lot Essay

Illustrating a brawl over a game of cards in a northern French town, this is one of a series of pictures that Hughes exhibited of contemporary genre, executed during lengthy stays in Normandy and Brittany in the 1860s and 70s. He later turned to portraiture and earned the admiration of Millais, and the patronage of many aristocratic sitters. A precocious talent he first exhibited at the Royal Academy when only fourteen, but later also supported the Society of British Artists and the Grosvenor Gallery. Throughout the 1860s he was much involved with the revival of book illustration.

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