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ALBERT GOODWIN, R.W.S. (1845-1932)

Rasselas exploring the subterranean river

Price Realised GBP 8,190
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GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000
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ALBERT GOODWIN, R.W.S. (1845-1932)

Rasselas exploring the subterranean river

Price Realised GBP 8,190
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Price Realised GBP 8,190
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ALBERT GOODWIN, R.W.S. (1845-1932)
Rasselas exploring the subterranean river
signed 'Albert Goodwin' (lower left) and inscribed 'Rassellas [sic] exploring the Subterranean River/ "The World is not yet exhausted:/ let me see something tomorrow I never saw before."' (on artist's mount, upper left and lower right)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and oil heightened with gum arabic on board, on the artist's original mount
958 x 1314 in. (24.5 x 33.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Chris Beetles Gallery, London, until 17 February 1986.
The Eye of a Collector - Works from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 69, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, The Fine Art Society, A Collection of Pictures and Drawings of Imaginative Landscapes in Europe and Asia by Albert Goodwin, RWS, March 1896, no. 15.
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Lot Essay

Samuel Johnson's The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia was published in 1759. It is a philosophical treatise on bliss and ignorance, told through the life of the eopnymous prince. Goodwin, who also took the Arabian Nights as subject matter, among other literary sources, executed a series of watercolours based on episodes from the book.
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