The Sandal

Details

SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1836-1919)
The Sandal
signed with monogram and dated '1871' (lower right) and with inscription 'The Sandal/By Sir E.J. Poynter/President of the Royal Academy' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on a silver gilt ground on panel
8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.)

Provenance

Messrs de Murrieta, Wadhurst Hall, Sussex.
F.D. Lambert, Moor Hall.
Contents of the Mansion; Foster's, Moor Hall, Cookham, 2-5 October 1916, lot number untraced.
Sir Hugh Poynter (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 28 July 1965, lot 370A.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1993, lot 34, where purchased by the family of the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Dudley Gallery, year untraced, as 'Three Summer Days'.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Sarah Reynolds Specialist, Head of Sale

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

sareynolds@christies.com +44 (0)20 7752 3284

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

This picture, and two others of the same dimensions, entitled Reading, and The Knot, were exhibited at the Dudley Gallery as part of a group entitled Three Summer Days. They were each executed between 1870 and 1872. Subsequently, they were set into a drawing room cabinet of carved walnut and pear wood, the upper portion of which was surmounted by statuettes. It was commissioned by Christobal de Murrieta, and designed by Edward Tarver for Messrs Gillow and Co who made it. Tarver was the architect of the Murrieta seat at Wadhurst, East Sussex. The family were Spanish, and made a fortune from trading with Argentina. When Argentina defaulted on bond payments, they lost their money in the 1890s. The panels subsequently appeared at auction, out of the cabinet in 1916. They were then reputedly bought by Sir Hugh Poynter, 3rd Bt, the artist’s second son, who succeeded to his father’s baronetcy on the death of his elder brother. The three pictures were then sold as separate lots at Sotheby's in 1965.

More from British and European Art

View All