• Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & Br auction at Christies

    Sale 12309

    Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Maritime Art, Sporting & Wildlife Art

    London, South Kensington

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    7 July 2016

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    • Charles Green, R.I. (1840-1898
    Lot 68

    Charles Green, R.I. (1840-1898)

    The quack doctor

    Price realised

    GBP 2,750

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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    Charles Green, R.I. (1840-1898)
    The quack doctor
    signed and dated 'C Green/1866' (lower right)
    watercolour and bodycolour
    10½ x 16½ in. (26.7 x 42 cm.)

    Provenance

    with Leger Galleries, London.
    with The Maas Gallery, London.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    London, Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1866, no. 312.
    London, Leger Galleries, Winter Exhibition, 1954, no. 10.


    Lot Essay

    It has been suggested that this work might be that which Green submitted in 1866 to The Illustrated London News. A letter attached to the reverse from Leger Galleries states The Illustrated London News' wish to reproduce the work again in 1954.

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