Live Auction 21955British and European Art
JOSEPH NOEL PATON, R.S.A. (BRITISH, 1821-1909)
Lot 18

JOSEPH NOEL PATON, R.S.A. (BRITISH, 1821-1909)

Christian at the foot of the cross - The Pilgrim's Progress

Closed14 December 2023

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GBP 6,300

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JOSEPH NOEL PATON, R.S.A. (BRITISH, 1821-1909)
Christian at the foot of the cross - The Pilgrim's Progress
signed with monogram (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'The copyright of this Picture is Reserved by/Noel Paton' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, with an arched top
15¾ x 10½ in. (40 x 26.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 May 1979, lot 79 (part).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 November 1996, lot 295.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 December 2010, lot 36, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Joseph Noel Paton drew many subjects from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress from his return to Edinburgh in 1857 well into the 1870s. The present picture is probably a preliminary sketch for the work recorded in his studio in 1873 and now in Aberdeen Art Gallery.