Lot 110: Lionel Percy Smythe, R.A., R.W.S. (1839-1918)

Lionel Percy Smythe, R.A., R.W.S. (1839-1918)
'The Mother will not turn, who thinks she hears
Her nursling's speech first grow articulate;
But breathless with averted eyes elate
She stands with open lips and open ears.
That it may call her twice.'
D.G. Rossetti.
signed and dated 'L.P. Smythe/Sept 1903' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out, on paper
20½ x 14¼ in. (52 x 36.2 cm.)

London, Coronation Exhibition, 1911, lent by Mr Beaumont.

Mr Beaumont.
with The Maas Gallery, London.

Lionel Percy Smythe, R.A., R.W.S. (1839-1918)
'The Mother will not turn, who thinks she hears
Her nursling's speech first grow articulate;
But breathless with averted eyes elate
She stands with open lips and open ears.
That it may call her twice.'
D.G. Rossetti.
signed and dated 'L.P. Smythe/Sept 1903' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out, on paper
20½ x 14¼ in. (52 x 36.2 cm.)