Sketch for 'The Orphans'

Details

FREDERICK CAYLEY ROBINSON, A.R.A., R.W.S., R.B.A. (1862-1927)
Sketch for 'The Orphans'
bodycolour on buff paper
9 ¼ x 15 in. (23.5 x 38 cm.)

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.
Professor G.H.F. Nuttall.
with Abbott & Holder, London, September 1976, where purchased for the present collection.

Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of the Works of F. Cayley Robinson, R.A., December 1929, no. 20

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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for Cayley Robinson's large mural-style painting for the entrance hall of the Middlesex Hospital. It was one of a series of 'Acts of Mercy' intended for the space, and was exhibited at the New English Art Club in 1915, where the critic from The Studio described it as 'a panel of much dignity and charm'.

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