FREDERICK CAYLEY ROBINSON (1862-1927) 'The Long Journey'
signed "Cayley Robinson" lower left and further signed and inscribed "The Long Journey F Cayley Robinson" on the reverse, tempera on canvas, 42cm x 61cm
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£40,000 - £60,000
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£95,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Exhibited: The Royal Academy, London 1928,
Leicester Galleries, London, 1929, number 28
The Fine Art Society, London, 18th October - 11th November 1977, number 61
Provenance: Acquired from Ernest Brown and Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, 1st January 1930 by Kerrison Preston, Esq. for £100, with accompanying receipt of sale and further correspondence between Preston and Ernest Brown & Phillips, and a letter to Preston from the Artist's widow, thanking him for his appreciation of the work and suggesting the idea of the analogy between a railway journey and the journey of life "an old sailor dreaming of the past - the children impatient"
and thence by descent.
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