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SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (PARIS 1836-1919 LONDON)
SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (PARIS 1836-1919 LONDON)
SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (PARIS 1836-1919 LONDON)
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SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (PARIS 1836-1919 LONDON)

Head study for 'The Cave of the Storm Nymphs'

Details
SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (PARIS 1836-1919 LONDON)
Head study for 'The Cave of the Storm Nymphs'
dated 'Aug 10. 91' (lower right)
black and white chalk on buff coloured paper
10 ½ x 9 3⁄8 in. (26.7 x 23.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 May 2011, lot 19.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 2018, lot 59, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for the head of the central figure in The Cave of the Storm Nymphs (1902, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia). A study of the whole figure is in the National Gallery of Canada, Toronto, a gift of the Dennis T. Lanigan Collection (inv. 42100).

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