John Reinhard Weguelin (British, 1849-1927)
An Egyptian Difficulty in the Time of Augustus
signed and dated 'J. R. Weguelin 1885' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 24 ¼ in. (91.4 x 61.6 cm.)
John Reinhard Weguelin (British, 1849-1927)
An Egyptian Difficulty in the Time of Augustus
signed and dated 'J. R. Weguelin 1885' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 24 ¼ in. (91.4 x 61.6 cm.)
John Moss Lawrence (d. 1913), London, by 1891. His sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 1913, lot 268, as An Egyptian Difficulty. Mr. Clayton, acquired at the above sale. Private collection, Washington, D.C., before 1986. Simon Bonython. Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
'Exhibitions. The Grosvenor Gallery', The Artist, vol. VI, no. 65, 1 May 1885, p. 133. J. D. Champlin Jr., Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, vol. IV, New York, 1913, p. 418.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Summer Exhibition, May 1885, p. 24, no. 99. London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Fine Art Exhibition, Easter, 1891, 17 March-5 April, 1891, p. 16, no. 53, as Egyptian Difficulty.