WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
63
83
Attributed to
John Glover (1767-1849)
MUSIDORA BATHING HER FEET
oil on canvas
with an inscription on label affixed on reverse, which reads “‘This cool retreat his Musidora sought; Warm in her
cheek the sultry season glowed, And, robed in loose array, she came to bathe, Her fervent limbs in the refreshing
stream.’ bide Thompson’s
Seasons /
Glover
”
34 by 34in. (86.36 by 86.36cm)
Provenance:
Purchased by the previous owner at the Contents Sale, Staleen House, Donore, Co. Meath, c/o Alain, Chawner Ltd.,
29 July 1986, lot 243 (illustrated p.14);
Private collection
This subject was also painted by Thomas Gainsborough among others.
Staleen House was owned by Thomas Gerard Du Buisson (b. 1892, Betchworth, Surrey) He served with the Royal Horse Artillery
on the Western Front during World War I from August 1914. He was Secretary of the Grafton Hunt and lived between England
and Ireland with his wife, Sylvia Grace (née Portman). He died at 97 in Suffolk.
€
6,000-
€
8,000 (£5,100-£6,800 approx.)
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