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George Elgar Hicks, RBA (British, 1824-1914) Mrs. Chas Rose's two boys hunting butterflies image 1
George Elgar Hicks, RBA (British, 1824-1914) Mrs. Chas Rose's two boys hunting butterflies image 2
George Elgar Hicks, RBA (British, 1824-1914) Mrs. Chas Rose's two boys hunting butterflies image 3
Lot 63

George Elgar Hicks, RBA
(British, 1824-1914)
Mrs. Chas Rose's two boys hunting butterflies

29 March 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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George Elgar Hicks, RBA (British, 1824-1914)

Mrs. Chas Rose's two boys hunting butterflies
signed and dated 'G E Hicks.1878' (lower left)
oil on canvas
91.5 x 72cm (36 x 28 3/8in).

Footnotes

Provenance
With Roy Miles Fine Paintings, 1981, as The Butterfly.
Private collection, UK.

Literature
Rosamond Allwood, George Elgar Hicks, Painter of Victorian Life, exhibition catalogue, 1983, no. 33a, illustrated.

Recorded in Hicks Portraits notebook at the end of 1878: 'Mrs Chas Roses two boys/hunting butterflies. 35 x 25 (ins) 120 gs.', a sketch for the present lot was included in the Hicks exhibition in 1983.

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