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William Edward Frost (1810-1877) Group study of a boy with elderspen and ink with watercolour heightened with white on paper11 x 9cmProvenance:Sotheby's, New York, 14th April 1994, lot 397, as 'William Etty', when acquired by the late Barry Lock (1934-2021)Exhibited: London, Brook Street Galleries, William Etty R.A., 1787-1849, 1938, no. 34Literature:William Gaunt and F. Gordon Roe, Etty and the Nude, 1943, plate 28We are grateful to Richard Green for pointing out that the present watercolour, which was previously thought to be the work of William Etty, in fact belongs to a distinctive group of watercolours now firmly regarded as the work of William Edward Frost.Framed 34 x 29cm

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