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Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA 1785-1841
Domestic Life, 1836signed and dated 1836; inscribed in French by the artist on original label versooil on panel12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in
32.4 x 24.1 cmProvenance
Given by the artist to Juan Peyronnet, Toulouse, 1836; Christie’s, 29 May 1875, Lot 136, 50 guineas; A.B. Yuille, Bridge of Allan; his sale, Christie's, 6 February 1909, lot 59; McNicol, Glasgow; Peter Nhaum, London; Private collection, Scotland
Literature
A. Cunningham, The Life of Sir David Wilkie, John Murray, 1843, Vol.III, p. 530; Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, Sir David Wilkie, George Bell & Sons, 1902, pp.96 and 130. Gower has this picture shown as whereabouts unknown in 1902; Julian Halsby and Paul Harris, The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600-1960, Phaidon 1990, p. 227 (ill.)
