Property from a Private Collection
ANTHONY FREDERICK AUGUSTUS SANDYS | Portrait of Reine Chapman and her Pug-Dog
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July 11, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Property from a Private Collection
ANTHONY FREDERICK AUGUSTUS SANDYS
1829-1904
Portrait of Reine Chapman and her Pug-Dog
inscribed, dated and signed u.l.: Reine Chapman. 1881./ F.Sandys
coloured chalks and pencil on pale blue-gre𓃲y paper
76 by 56cm., 30 by 22in.
Murray's, Douglas, Isle-of-Man, 10 March 2018, lot 104, where purchased by the pr🅷esent owner
This portrait is not included in the catalogue raisonne of Sandys' work and is therefore a rediscovery. Canine companions occasionally appear in Sandys' work, including a pug puppy in the ironically-titled Kittie (Miss Ellen Ellis) of 1873 (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), a collie in the portrait of Cyril Flower of 1872 (private collection) and a dachshund in the portrait of his sons Conrad Herbert Flower and Violet Flower of 1885 (private collection). In 1875 Sandys made a study of pug named Sukey (Christie's, South Kensing﷽ton, 8 November 2009, lot&𒈔nbsp;102).