Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 6th March 2019
Lot 395
Penry Williams (British 1798-1885) A mother with her sleeping child resting Signed
Estimate £500 - £700
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Description
Penry Williams (British 1798-1885)
A mother with her sleeping child resting
Signed, dated 1838 and inscribed Rome, also inscribed M. di Sora with her Sleeping Child on verso
Oil on canvas
24.5 x 17.5cm; 9½ x 6½in
Literature:
The following is from Webley, Derrick Pritchard Last to the Winds, The Life & Work of Penry Williams :
Christie, Manson & Woods, 1876, lot 107, not sold at 11gns; Charles Russell James? Letter in Cyfartha Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 20 November 1909, loaning picture to Merthyr Exhibition (1909-10), Charles Russell James, No. 3, Exhib: Merthyr Exhibition No. 90 lent by Charles Russell James? Missing.