Lot 30
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FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1840-1875)
FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1840-1875)
FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1840-1875)
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FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1840-1875)

Rossetti roasting the clique

Details
FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1840-1875)
Rossetti roasting the clique
pen and brown ink on paper
4 3/8 x 7 in. (11.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Abbott and Holder, London, where purchased for the present collection.

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Lot Essay


The present drawing depicts Rossetti, dressed as a Chinaman, frying Henry Stacy Marks and Philip Hermogenes Calderon in a pan over a fire of a book by Frazer. The St John's Wood Clique were a group of artists active from 1869-90, predominantly producing Historical Genre paintings.

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