THOMAS RALPH SPENCE (BRITISH, 1855-1903)

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Lot 41 | THOMAS RALPH SPENCE (BRITISH, 1855-1903)
THOMAS RALPH SPENCE (BRITISH, 1855-1903)

The Song of Phemius and the Sorrow of Penelope

signed with the artist's initials and dated 'T.R.S. 1897.' (lower right)

oil on canvas on board

35 x 72 in. (88.9 x 182.9 cm.)





Provenance

The artist.

with City Art Gallery, Manchester, acquired directly from the above, 1897.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 23 March 1981, lot 79.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 2000, lot 41.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

'The City Art Gallery,' The Manchester Evening News, Manchester, 8 October 1897, p. 5.

P. M. De Santi, 'It pictura film, Sul rapporto tra "la film" italiana e le arti figurative,' La Città del Cinema, I primi cento anni del cinema italiano, Milan, 1995, p. 84.

Y. Le Pape, 'From Painting to the Historical Epic: The Antiquarianism of the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century and Its On-screen Heritage,' Cinémas, vol. 29, no. 3, Montreal, fall 2021, and digital publication.



Exhibited

Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery, Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897, p. 24, no. 149.
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