The frame (a Louis XIV variant) on Degas’, Portrait of a woman, at the time of acquisition by the Felton Bequest in 1937, is a type associated with the Barbizon…
Pittoni, The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, c.
Francis Bacon’s Study from the human body (Felton Bequest 1950) came to the collection in 1951 in the current frame, which can safely be considered the original presentation of the…
The frame on the watercolour, Soldiers in a lorry, 1942-43, by Burra is the original, made by Alfred Stiles and Sons, London.
The reframing in 1955 of Tiepolo’s, The Banquet of Cleopatra, 1743 (acquired in 1933) is possibly the earliest re-framing project in the eighteenth century collectio
Collection of George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex (1757–1839), Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, 1807–39; by descent to Arthur Algernon Capel, 6th Earl of Essex (1803–92), Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, 1839–92;…
Exhibited French Section, European Art Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, August 1923, no. 369, as Rosa rustica; from where purchased, on the advice of Bernard Hall, for the Felton Bequest, 1923.
Purchased from the artist by Joseph Arden (1799–1879), 1855; his collection, Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, until 1879; included in the late Joseph Arden sale, Christie’s, London, 26 April 1879, no…
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1875, no. 1176; collection of G.R. Burnett, London, by 1882-1908; Burnett sale, Christie’s, London, 18 March 1882, n
With Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1883; from where purchased by Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1913); collection of Jean-Baptiste Faure, 1883–1901; from whom purchased by Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1901; with Durand-Ruel, until 1913; from…
Purchased from the artist by Jacques Dubourg (dealer), Paris, October, 1880; sold to Galerie Durand-Ruel (dealer), Paris, on 9 January 1882; with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1882–1935; with Arthur Tooth & Sons…
With William Schaus[1] (1821–92) (dealer), New York, sold c. 1881; from whom purchased by Theron R. Butler (
Remained with the artist, until his death, 1891; by descent to his widow, Elisabeth Meissonier (1840–98, nee Bezanson); included in Meissonier estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12-20 May 1893…
Exhibited Salon, Paris, 1872, no. 970; with Goupil & Cie. (dealer), Paris, 7 May 1872, stock no.
With Ambroise Vollard (dealer), Paris; from whom acquired by Egisto Fabbri (1866–1933); his collection, Florence, until 1928; sold to Paul Rosenberg, Paris, 1928; by whom sold to Wildenstein (dealer), New…