A Brook in the Meadows

Details

THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER, R.A. (BRITISH, 1803-1902)
A Brook in the Meadows
signed and dated 'T. Sidney Cooper R.A./1872' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'N 3/A Broook in the Meadows./T. Sidney. Cooper. R A/42 Chepstow Villas/Bayswater/London/1872' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
56 ¼ x 46 ¼ in. (142.8 x 117.5 cm.)

Provenance

David Jardine (1827-1911), Highlea, Liverpool (†); Christie's, London, 16 March 1917, lot 83 (370 gns to Agnew).

Literature

Kentish Gazette, 2 April 1872.
K.J. Westwood, Thomas Sidney Cooper, C.V.O., R.A.: His Life and Work, David Leathers Publishing, 2011, pp. 365-6, no. O.1872.5, listed incorrectly as 36 ¼ x 53 ½ in.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1872, no. 958.
Liverpool, Liverpool Art Club, 1881, no. 35, lent by David Jardine.

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Lot Essay

The present picture was exhibited by Cooper at the Royal Academy in 1872 when it was purchased by David Jardine, a partner in Farnworth & Jardine, a Liverpool timber brokers. Jardine amassed a large collection of paintings, mostly through Agnew's, over 140 of which were sold in these Rooms in March 1917.
At some stage the picture was confused with another Cooper from the same year and part of the history of the two paintings has been merged in Kenneth Westwood's catalogue raisonné. It has been in the family of the current owner since at least 1940.

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