Details
Arthur Hughes (1832-1915)
Gypsies
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas, feigned oval
14 x 18 ½ in. (35.5 x 47 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted to John Hamilton Trist in 1871 by the artist.
His sale; Christie's, London, 9 April 1892, lot 63A, as 'A Landscape' (5 ½ gns to Leggatt).
James Leathart.
His sale; Christie's, London, 19 June 1897, lot 34 (7 gns to John Hingston).
John Hingston, and by descent in 1916 to his son
John Hingston, Jun., until circa 1919 when sold to
Ernest Brown & Phillips, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 February 1928, lot 118 (5 gns to Ford).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 January 1966, lot 139, as 'Gipsy Children' (45 gns to Leadbeater).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1969, lot 59, as 'The Halt' (150 gns to Tillman).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 October 1970, lot 186, as 'The Halt', where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
J.H. Trist's manuscript catalogue, 1876, revised 1886, no. 48 (Tate Gallery archives).
L. Roberts, Arthur Hughes: His Life and Works, Aberdeen, 1997, p. 179, no. 112.
Exhibited
London, Goupil Gallery, 1896, no. 37.

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