Henry Meynell Rheam (1859-1920)

The Ivory Gate and Golden

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Henry Meynell Rheam (1859-1920)
The Ivory Gate and Golden
signed and dated 'HENRY M. RHEAM./1896' (lower right), and signed again and inscribed 'The Ivory Gate and Golden/Henry M. Rheam, R.I/... ... Penzance/£100' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
41 x 28½ in. (104.2 x 72.4 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours, 1896, no. 521.

Lot Essay

Rheam moved to Newlyn, Cornwall in in about 1890 and worked there for the rest of his life. He was not typical of the Newlyn school either in his meticulous use of watercolour or his interest in literary subjects.
A large watercolour of Sleeping Beauty sold at Christie's London, 7 November 1997 (£98,000).
The young girl depicted here is also seen in a painting depicting Rumplestiltskin (see Witt Library).

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