Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 4th September 2024

Lot 938

Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848-1910)

Estimate £6,000 - £8,000

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Description

Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848-1910)
When Jove Makes Hay with the Weather
Signed with initials and dated RM 1901 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
133.8 x 189.6cm; 52¾ x 74¾in

Provenance:
Property of the artist;
By whom sold, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 November 1908, lot 112 (bt Harrison £56 14s);
Dr E. S. Langworthy, by 1911;
Purchased at auction in Northumberland, 1950s;
And by family descent

Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1901, no.150;
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by Five Deceased British Artists, Winter Exhibition 1911, no. 106 (The Storm at Haytime)