





Lot 42
George Frederic Watts, OM, RA(British, 1817-1904)A group of five figure and composition studies
unframed
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27 September 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £4,000
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George Frederic Watts, OM, RA (British, 1817-1904)
A group of five figure and composition studies
subjects comprising:
i Satan
red chalk, 34.7 x 29cm (13 11/16 x 11 7/16in).
ii Study of Maria Jackson
inscribed 'Mary Jackson' (lower right)
pencil, 25.6 x 18cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16in).
Maria Jackson was the grandmother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell and also modelled for Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.
iii Study for Clytie
pencil, 5.2 x 4.8cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/8in).
iv Study for the figure of Zoroaster, in the fresco Justice: A hemicycle of Law-givers, circa 1855
pencil and brown ink, 9.2 x 5.8cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16in).
v Study for Mischief
brown ink, 17.9 x 22.8cm (7 1/16 x 9in).
unframed
(5)
subjects comprising:
i Satan
red chalk, 34.7 x 29cm (13 11/16 x 11 7/16in).
ii Study of Maria Jackson
inscribed 'Mary Jackson' (lower right)
pencil, 25.6 x 18cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16in).
Maria Jackson was the grandmother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell and also modelled for Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.
iii Study for Clytie
pencil, 5.2 x 4.8cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/8in).
iv Study for the figure of Zoroaster, in the fresco Justice: A hemicycle of Law-givers, circa 1855
pencil and brown ink, 9.2 x 5.8cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16in).
v Study for Mischief
brown ink, 17.9 x 22.8cm (7 1/16 x 9in).
unframed
(5)
Footnotes
Provenance
David Loshak Collection.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 14 December 2016, lot 13.
Private collection, UK.
Saleroom notices
Lot 42 (ii): The pencil drawing catalogued as 'Portrait of Maria Jackson' is in fact a portrait of Mary Louisa Jackson (c1840-1917), not Maria. Mary Louisa Jackson (c1840-1917) was the daughter of John and Maria Jackson and married the statesman Herbert Fisher (1825-1903); she the aunt of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf