Richard Redgrave (British, 1804-1888)


'Bad news from sea' signed and dated 'Richd Redgrave 1842' (lower right)oil on panel81 x 70.5cm (31 7/8 x 27 3/4in).
|'A picture of a sailor's home, which is about to become a house of mourning, the wife of the absent mariner having received a letter with a black seal which she hesitates to open. The sudden revulsion of feeling depicted in the countenance of the wife on discovering the black seal is described with the utmost natural truth' - Art Union, 1842, p. 126.ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy, 1842, no. 439.Liverpool, Liverpool Academy, 1942, no. 167.London, British Institute, 1843, no. 42.London, Victoria and Albert Museum, and New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art, 'Richard Redgrave', 1988, no. 20.LiteratureThe Art Union, 1942, p. 126 and 232.The Art Union, 1943, p. 64Susan P. Casteras and Ronald Parkinson (eds.), Richard Redgrave 1804-1888, published in association with the V & A Museum and Yale Center for British Art by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1988, illustrated p. 106, cat no 20.