A THIRSTY CHILD.

Images: Sotheby’s catalogue.

  • Title(s): A Thirsty Child (Sotheby’s, 1991).
  • Description: A woman with a very young child who is drinking from a large dish she is holding.
  • Media: Oil on canvas (Sotheby’s, 1991).
  • Dimensions: 43 x 29 in / 109 x 74 cm (Sotheby’s, 1991).
  • Signature/date/other text: “signed [Annie Louisa Robinson] and dated 1876, inscribed with artist’s address on old label on reverse ” (Sotheby’s, 1991); “signed verso” (www.artory.com [web page gone]).
  • History:
    • 1876 – Dated on canvas (Sotheby’s, 1991).
    • 1991 May 14 – Auctioned Sotheby’s, Billinghurst, lot 246, sold: hammer £745 (ArtPrice).
  • Location: ?

Only known from 1991 auction.

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