European & British Art, Part I
European & British Art, Part I
Property from a Dutch Private Collection
Ford Madox Brown
Cordelia at the Bedside of Lear
Auction Closed
July 13, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Dutch Private Collection
Ford Madox Brown
British
1821 - 1893
Cordelia at the Bedside of Lear
signed FM BROWN lower right
oil on board, arched top
Unframed: 17 by 23cm., 6¾ by 9in.
Framed: 38 by 43cm., 15 by 17in.
Sold on behalf of Brown on 26 March 1859 by David T. White (picture dealer) to Benjamin Godfrey Windus Esq. of Gadsden, Tottenham Green, Middlesex (sale: Christie's, London, 14, 15 and 17 February 1868, lot 300)
Thomas Brocklebank Esq. of Wateringbury Place, Kent by 1911; thence to his widow and sold by her executors (sale: Christie's, London, 8 July 1938, lot 15)
Acquired by the aunt of the present owner
Thomas Brocklebank Esq. of Wateringbury Place, Kent by 1911; thence to his widow and sold by her executors (sale: Christie's, London, 8 July 1938, lot 15)
Acquired by the aunt of the present owner
Ford M. Hueffer, Ford Madox Brown – A Record of his Life and Work, 1896, p. 436
Mary Bennett, Ford Madox Brown, exhibition catalogue for the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1964, p. 16
Virginia Surtees (ed.), The Diary of Ford Madox Brown, 1981, p. 157
Mary Bennett, Ford Madox Brown, exhibition catalogue for the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1964, p. 16
Virginia Surtees (ed.), The Diary of Ford Madox Brown, 1981, p. 157