The artist's studio, probably 22 Charlotte Street, London
The artist's studio, probably 22 Charlotte Street, London
The artist's studio, probably 22 Charlotte Street, LondonSigned with the artist's monogram lower right: WJM Pencil on blue-grey laid paper, watermarked Snelgrove's /182919.1 by 30.4 cm., 7 ½ by 12 in.Provenance: Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 26 March 1975, lot 195, where acquired by Cyril and Shirley Fry;By descent until 2021Exhibited: Bristol, Museum and Art Gallery, William James Muller 1812-1845, 1991, no. 179Francis Greenacre and Sheena Stoddard have dated the present drawing to circa 1840. The painting on the easel is of an Egyptian scene and Müller only returned from Egypt in spring 1839 and moved to London. At Charlotte Street, the artist has rooms including the studio on the first floor. The figures depicted are likely to include Müller's pupil Edward Dighton and his friend James Chisholme Gooden.){kind=link}
William James Müller (1812-1845)
The artist's studio, probably 22 Charlotte Street, London
Signed with the artist's monogram lower right: WJM
Pencil on blue-grey laid paper, watermarked Snelgrove's /1829
19.1 by 30.4 cm., 7 ½ by 12 in.
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 26 March 1975, lot 195, where acquired by Cyril and Shirley Fry;
By descent until 2021
Exhibited:
Bristol, Museum and Art Gallery, William James Muller 1812-1845, 1991, no. 179
Francis Greenacre and Sheena Stoddard have dated the present drawing to circa 1840. The painting on the easel is of an Egyptian scene and Müller only returned from Egypt in spring 1839 and moved to London. At Charlotte Street, the artist has rooms including the studio on the first floor. The figures depicted are likely to include Müller's pupil Edward Dighton and his friend James Chisholme Gooden.