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Constance Phillott, A.R.W.S. (1842-1931)
Lot 37

Constance Phillott, A.R.W.S. (1842-1931)

'Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray'

Fermé18 November 2009

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GBP 3,000

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Constance Phillott, A.R.W.S. (1842-1931)
'Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray'
signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed '2/"Oft had I heard of Lucy Gray/And when I crossed the wild,/I chanced to see at break of day/The solitary child./No mate, no comrade Lucy knew;/She dwelt on a wide moor/-The sweetest thing that ever grew/Beside a human door!"/Wordsworth/Constance Phillott/25g Stanhope Street/N.W.' (on a label attached to the backing)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, with scratching out
18½ x 10 in. (47 x 25.4 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

The inspiration for this work was the poem 'Lucy Gray (or, Solitude)' written by William Wordsworth. The poem was first published in 1800 and tells the story of a young girl who is lost on a moor during a snow storm.