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

Study of a girl's head for 'Helena and Hermia'

Details
SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, P.R.A., R.W.S. (PARIS 1836-1919 LONDON)
Study of a girl's head for 'Helena and Hermia'
with studio stamp (lower right) (L. 874)
pencil and white chalk on grey paper
14 x 9 7⁄8 in. (35.5 x 25 cm.)
Provenance
Sir John Clermont Witt (1907-1982), London (L.646a).
with Peter Nahum, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 June 2015, lot 16, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for the head of the left-hand figure in Poynter’s 1901 Royal Academy exhibit Helena and Hermia, which was purchased for the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, in 1902 (inv. 0.314). The painting depicts a scene from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii, where Helena describes their carefree, happy school days together.

Poynter also executed a watercolour of the same subject in 1899, which was purchased by The Walker Gallery, Liverpool in 1900 (inv. WAG 398).

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