"When the merry bells ring round, And jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the checquered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday" - Milton's L'Allegro
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions
height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 185.5 cm (73 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,113U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,185.5U174728
Object history
Sold by Frith to a picture-dealer John Graham, Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire, by 1862. H.W.F. Bolckow by 1887 (+); Christie's, London, 18 June 1892, lot 159, 430 gns to William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort, and thence by descent.
Exhibition history
London, Royal Academy, 1847, no. 251.
London, International Exhibition, 1862, no. 667, lent by John Graham.
Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 344, lent by Mrs Bolckow.
Manchester, Art Treasures Centenary Exhibition, 1957, no. 211.
Inscriptions
Signature and date bottom left:
W.P. Frith. 1847
Source/Photographer
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5275395 (sale 7788, lot 34, London, 16 December 2009)
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