Preparing for a nightmare

Details

FREDERICK SMALLFIELD, A.R.W.S. (1829-1915)
Preparing for a nightmare
signed and dated 'F Smallfield 1859' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper
9 ¾ x 13 5/8 in. (24.8 x 34.5 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Cuthbert Quilter.
with Abbott & Holder, London, 20 November 2003, where purchased for the present collection.

Exhibited

New York, Shepherd Gallery, English Romantic Art, 23 September-25 October 2003.

Engraved

by Day & Son, 1 December 1861.

Conditions of sale

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Adrian Hume-Sayer Director, Specialist

Lot Essay

Sir Cuthbert Quilter, previous owner of this watercolour, was the founder of the National Telephone Company and M.P. for Sudbury from 1885 to 1906. He built Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk in 1886, and filled it with his remarkable collection of contemporary art and Old Masters, ranging from the Pre-Raphaelites to Gainsborough and Northern European masters.

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