Hughes (Edwin, 1842-1922). Greengrocer's Boy at a Print Stall, 1874, oil on canvas, showing a young man in a threadbare jacket and red neckerchief, a basket of vegetables on the floor beside him, reading a book beside an open air stand, with leather bound books on shelves, prints hanging from nails, and a sign 'Books and Prints Bought', with a three-storey house in the background, signed and dated lower right, faint ink stamp on verso 'Prepared by Winsor & Newton, 88 Rathbone Place, London', 41 x 32 cm (16 x 12.5 ins), gilt moulded frame, printed label on verso 'Agnew's Galleries, London 1961 Loan Exhibition Victorian Painting 1837-87' with typed title and owner's name 'K.J. Hewett Esq.' (Qty: 1) Edwin Hughes was the son of a picture dealer. He specialised in genre scenes and portraits, and painted mainly in oils. He exhibited 11 works at the Royal Academy from 1880, as well as exhibiting at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, the Walker Art Gallery and Manchester City Art Gallery. Hughes's work is particularly sought after for the highly detailed background details and accoutrements of daily life included in his paintings, which give added interest to his carefully-drawn figures.
Hughes (Edwin, 1842-1922). Greengrocer's Boy at a Print Stall, 1874, oil on canvas, showing a young man in a threadbare jacket and red neckerchief, a basket of vegetables on the floor beside him, reading a book beside an open air stand, with leather bound books on shelves, prints hanging from nails, and a sign 'Books and Prints Bought', with a three-storey house in the background, signed and dated lower right, faint ink stamp on verso 'Prepared by Winsor & Newton, 88 Rathbone Place, London', 41 x 32 cm (16 x 12.5 ins), gilt moulded frame, printed label on verso 'Agnew's Galleries, London 1961 Loan Exhibition Victorian Painting 1837-87' with typed title and owner's name 'K.J. Hewett Esq.' (Qty: 1) Edwin Hughes was the son of a picture dealer. He specialised in genre scenes and portraits, and painted mainly in oils. He exhibited 11 works at the Royal Academy from 1880, as well as exhibiting at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, the Walker Art Gallery and Manchester City Art Gallery. Hughes's work is particularly sought after for the highly detailed background details and accoutrements of daily life included in his paintings, which give added interest to his carefully-drawn figures.
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