Sir Edward POYNTER P.R.A. R.W.S. (1836-1919)

Saturday 5th April – 6pm Saturday 3rd May 2008

Poynter was married to Agnes MacDonald whose sisters were married to John Lockwood Kipling, Edward Burne-Jones and the industrialist Alfred Baldwin from whose descendants all these drawings came.

The price range of this exhibition was £375 – £1,750

1. Study of Sea Holly, ‘Felixstowe’. Pen, brush and ink. 9x7 inches. Inscribed ‘Felixstowe, Aug 9 (18)85’.

2. Study of magnolia leaves I. Pencil. 7x5 inches. Dated ‘Aug 6 (18)99’. Studio stamp.

3. Study of magnolia leaves II. Pencil. 7x5 inches. Dated ‘Aug 6 (18)99’.

4. Study of magnolia leaves III. Pencil. 6x5 inches. Dated ‘Sep 9 1900’. Studio stamp.

5. Study of a branch of oranges. Pencil. 7x7 inches. Studio stamp

6. Study of poppy leaves. Black chalk. 7x5 inches. Studio stamp.

7. Study of poppy leaves. Pencil. 6x3.5 inches. Dated ‘June 1900’.

9. Study of a fox glove. Black and white chalks on tan paper. 11x7 inches. Studio stamp.

10. Plant study. Black and white chalks on tan paper. 7x5 inches.

11. Study of a fisher boy. Pencil and watercolour, circa 1850. 10x14 inches.

12. Head of a boy in profile. Pencil. 6.5x4 inches. Signed, dated ‘August 22nd (18)55’, inscribed ‘Papillon (?le) Point du Jour’.

13. ‘J.F.’: portrait of an old man in profile. Pencil. 9x7 inches. Inscribed, signed and dated ‘Aug 27th 1855’.

14. ‘?Portr(?ait) of E J Poynter by (monogram ?of Poynter) / Fontainbleu / March (18)58’ Pencil. 4.5x6 inches. Inscribed and ?signed.

15. ‘L’Assunta’ Pencil. 11.5x8.5 inches. Signed, inscribed and dated, ‘L’Assunta, April 29th 1854’.

16. ‘Robin Dell’. Black chalk. 11x7.5 inches. Signed, inscribed and dated, ‘Paris, May 22nd 1856’. Inscribed verso ‘Robin Dell’.

17. Portrait of Robin Dell. Black chalk. 9x7 inches. Signed, inscribed and dated. ‘Paris, May 23rd 1856’. Cf.no.16 for inscription verso ‘Robin Dell’.

18. Studies of Antique male heads. Chalks. 6x3.5 inches.

19. ‘Eugenie’. Pencil. 9.5x7 inches. Signed, inscribed and dated, ‘Paris / June 2nd / 1856 / Eugenie’.

20. Head of a girl in profile. Pencil. 8x6 inches. Studio stamp

21. Head of a girl. Pencil. 8x7 inches. Studio stamp.

22. Portrait of a Man. Pencil. 8x6.5 inches. Studio stamp.

23. Head of a man Black chalk. 8x6. inches. Studio stamp.

24. Studies: head of an elderly man. Brown chalk. 12x9 inches.

25. Head of a man in profile. Pencil. 5.5x 5 inches. Studio stamp.

26. Studies from the Belvedere Torso and classical figures. Red chalk. 10x7 inches.

27. Study of hands. Red chalk. 8x 5 inches. Inscribed verso in later hand 'Study from drawing books E.J.P. about 1873'.

28. Study of a standing female Nude. Black chalk. 7.5x5 inches.

29. Study of leaning draped male figure. Black chalk. 11.5x8 inches. Studio stamp.

30. Study of standing male nude with piece of string. Black chalk on tan paper. 14x10 inches. Studio stamp.

31. Study of a crawling figure. Study for 'The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon'(Art Gallery of New South Wales). Black and white chalk on red paper. 6x12.5 inches. Studio stamp.

32. Study of a standing, draped figure. Black and white chalk on redish paper. 13x6 inches.

33. Head of an Egyptian, possible study for 'Israel in Egypt'. Coloured chalks, c.1867. 5x3.5 inches. Studio stamp. Inscribed verso ‘ Israel in Egypt’.

34. Study of an arm Black and white chalks on tan paper. 8x11 inches. Dated ‘July 19, (18)83’.

35. Study of hands for the mosaic of St George, Houses of Parliament. Black and white chalks on tan paper. 9.5x10.5 inches. Circa 1868.

36. Head of a Prophet, possibly Moses. Black chalk heightened with gouache. 11x8 inches.

37. Seated girl: drapery study. Red chalk on grey paper. 10x7 inches. Studio stamp. Ill: 'Study for an illustration' possibly related to Plate III, 'Drawings of Sir E. J. Poynter'.