Shaftesbury, or Lost and Found

William MacDuff (active 1844 - 1876)

Museum of London

1862

This 'genre' scene was painted as a tribute to the philanthropic work of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, whose portrait in the shop window is pointed out to a street urchin by a shoe black, the plight of whom was a cause particularly associated with Lord Shaftesbury.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 47 x 41 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £18000 ( Total: £50,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1993
• Vendor: Christopher Wood

Provenance

Henry Graves probably commissioned the painting ; Mrs Viva King since 1937; with the Christopher Wood Gallery, 1979; Anthony Brodie; with the Christopher Wood gallery.

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