SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER
British, 1826–1919
Study for "A Nymph of the Stream"
Black and white chalk on paper
Sight 10 x 9½ inches (25.5 x 24.1 cm); Sheet 14 x 10 inches (35.5 x 25.5 cm)
Framed: 17½ x 16¾ inches (44.5 x 42.5 cm.)
This drawing is a study for Poynter's important work A Nymph of the Stream, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1907, and most recently sold at Sotheby's, London on December 11, 2007.
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, June 4, 1982, lot 53A, illustrated
Julian Hartnoll, London
Agnew's Gallery, London
Exhibited
New York, Shepherd Gallery, English 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite and Academic Drawings, Watercolors, Graphics, Paintings and Sculpture, 1983, no. 80
SIR EDWARD POYNTER, Nymph