© Penlee House Gallery and Museum
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Artist: Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859 - 1912)
Location: Penlee House Gallery and Museum
Date: circa 1900
Materials: pastel on paper
Dimensions: 63 x 111cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £6,500 (Total: £35,000)
Vendor: Prof John Heckinlively
Review number: 5292 (2003)
Provenance:
Tommy Batten; by descent to Michael Batten; W H Lane & Sons Auctioneers, Penzance; present vendor, USA.
Description:
In the book 'Singing from the Walls', Judith Cook wrote 'Her skill in conveying movement was put to good use in her depictions of lively children... The pastel of the Pied Piper is a superb example of this: the group of children seem drawn by an irresistible gravitational pull, caught up in one glorious sweep of movement as the piper leads them away from the bright sunlight towards the mysterious darkness of the woods.'
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