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Lot 2 VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Haydn Reynolds Mackey (1881-1979)
Les Cabotins: Portrait of Eric Forbes-Robertson, the actor, with the artist
Closed31 May 2012
Price Realised
GBP 10,625
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Specialist note
The present work is a double portrait of the two artists, Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865-1935), standing in evening dress, and Haydn Mackey, rather scruffily dressed and seated at his side. The title Les Cabotins, or the Ham Actors, refers to the elegant Forbes-Robertson who was a member of a well-known acting family.
The poster hanging above the figures, advertising the 1895 production of Don Quixote at the Lyceum, was designed by William Nicholson and his brother-in-law, James Pryde, who collaborated at the time as the Beggarstaff Brothers. Mackey mirrors the relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, with that of himself and the dandy Forbes-Robertson.
The poster hanging above the figures, advertising the 1895 production of Don Quixote at the Lyceum, was designed by William Nicholson and his brother-in-law, James Pryde, who collaborated at the time as the Beggarstaff Brothers. Mackey mirrors the relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, with that of himself and the dandy Forbes-Robertson.