Cottager and Tramps

Details

James Thomas Linnell (1820-1905)
Cottager and Tramps
signed and dated 'James T. Linnell/1884' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Cottager & Tramps/James T. Linnell/Red Hill, Surrey/Price of picture/in frame £500 - the price is not to be slashed to be put in the catalogue' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31½ x 48½ in. (80 x 123 cm.)

Provenance

James T. Linnell (+); Christie's, London, 26 November 1923, lot 83 (25 gns to Sampson).
with Dyson Lister & Sons, Harrogate, 12 December 1923; from whom bought by J.T. Hemingway for £100; by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Scarborough, Art School, Art Exhibition, 1884.

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

The Scarborough exhibition in which Cottager and Tramps was entered was given the following entry in the Art Journal of 1884 :

On 6th August an Art Exhibition was opened in the new School of Art. It includes drawings from the National Gallery by Turner, a selection of water-colour drawings by the great English masters from South Kensington, paintings from the Royal Academy, Grosvenor, and Water-colour Exhibitions, and many other works by the foremost artists of the day, exhibited for the first time; also a collection of Art pottery and goldsmiths' work from South Kensington. The exhibition will remain open during the months of August and September. (p. 288)

To date, no catalogue of the exhibition has been traced.

We are grateful to David Linnell for his help in the preparation of this catalogue entry.

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