Bonhams 1793 : Edmund Blair Leighton, ROI (British, 1853-1922) Where there's a will

PROVENANCE: From the artist to Frost and Reed Property of M. R. Cotes Sold Christie's London March 11, 1905 lot 87 for 157 pounds 10 shillings Acquired at the above sale by Mitchell Sold Christie's London June 18, 1909 lot 141 for 126 pounds Acquired at the above sale by Sampson Sir William McAlpine, by circa 1930 Thence by descent to the present owner LITERATURE: Alfred Yockney, The Art Annual: The Art of E. Blair Leighton, London, Virtue & Co, Christmas 1913, p 30 Documented in the artist's personal records An edition of prints were made of this work in 1894, Published at 8 Clare Street Bristol by Frost and Reed print seller of London and Bristol, Berlin We are grateful to Kara Lysandra Ross for her assistance in cataloguing this lot. The work will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Leighton's work.

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