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    ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r...

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    • Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r...
    • Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r...
    • Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r...
    • Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r...
    • Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r...
    Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r... Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r... Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r... Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r... Fine Art - Painting, European:Antique (Pre 1900), ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915). The Footstep. Oil on canvas. 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm). Signed lower r... View More >
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    ARTHUR HUGHES (British, 1832-1915)
    The Footstep
    Oil on canvas
    18-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches (47.6 x 69.9 cm)
    Signed lower right: Arthur Hughes
    Artist's label verso

    EXHIBITED:
    The New Gallery, London, "The Summer Exhibition, 1889" (label verso).

    LITERATURE:
    H. Blackburn, The New Gallery 1889, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue of the Summer Exhibition at the New Gallery, 121 Regent Street, W., London, 1889, p. 56, no. 266 (sketch illus).

    Condition Report*: Original canvas; minor frame accretions along extreme right edge commensurate with age; very faint craquelure in sky; stable surface; discolored varnish layer/surface residue also visible in sky; under UV exam, appears to be minor in-painting in foliage around figure. Framed Dimensions 29.75 X 38.5 Inches
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    November, 2013
    8th Friday
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