Live Auction 20111British and European Art
WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A. (BRITISH, 1819-1909)
Lot 89 Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Tom Craig

*SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE*

WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A. (BRITISH, 1819-1909)

The crossing sweeper

Closed15 July 2021

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GBP 5,000

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WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A. (BRITISH, 1819-1909)
The crossing sweeper
signed and dated 'W P Frith. 1863' (lower right)
oil on panel
7 ½ x 6 in. (19 x 15.3 cm.)

Sir John Harrowing (†); Christie's, London, 22 June 1962, lot 81 (170 gns to Newman).
Malcolm Young; Christie's, London, 2 July 1971, lot 65, where purchased by the present owner.

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TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

The present work is a reduced variant of Frith's 1858 The Crossing Sweeper now in the collection of the Museum of London. In the original the young woman is dressed in a grey rather than a pink dress, with a white lace trim to her bonnet. Frith frequently produced smaller versions of his most popular pictures in order to fulfill the demand from his eager collectors.