Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 4th March 2020
Lot 116
Henry Meynell Rheam (1859-1920) The dragon's cave (recto); Study for Lady of Shalott (verso)...
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1500
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Description
Henry Meynell Rheam (1859-1920)
The dragon's cave (recto); Study for Lady of Shalott (verso)
Signed (recto)
Watercolour (recto); watercolour and charcoal (verso)
31.5 x 64 cm; 12½ x 25¼in
Rheam used the composition of The dragon's cave in his 1908 work Once Upon a Time, with the knight and dragon replaced by a group of elves (See Sotheby's, London, 15 June 2000, lot 409). For the finished version Lady of Shalott, see Bonhams, London, 9 November 2004, lot 106.