Name: SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (CULTS, FIFE 1785-1841 GIBRALTAR)
Brand: The rabbit on the wall
Price: 18000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (CULTS, FIFE 1785-1841 GIBRALTAR)
The rabbit on the wall
oil on panel
8¹⁄₄ x 7¹⁄₄ in. (21 x 18.4 cm.)

This is a study for a work shown at the Royal Academy 1816, The Rabbit on the Wall - a candle-light amusement, in which a father entertains his children by making shadow puppets (Private collection). Further sketches for the finished painting can be found in the Tate, London and the National Gallery, Edinburgh.

Captain James Oswald Smith (1861-1940), Hove, by 1911.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 November 1973, lot 17, where acquired by the following,
with John Morton Morris, London.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, Edinburgh, 5 December 1997, lot 102, where acquired by the following,
with The Fine Art Society, London, where acquired by the present owner.

London, Whitechapel Gallery, Scottish Exhibition, 1911, no. 30.
London, 27 Grosvenor Square, Exhibition of Scottish Art and Antiquities, 1931, no. 1206.

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This is a study for a work shown at the Royal Academy 1816, The Rabbit on the Wall - a candle-light amusement, in which a father entertains his children by making shadow puppets (Private collection). Further sketches for the finished painting can be found in the Tate, London and the National Gallery, Edinburgh.