Lot 139: Arthur Hughes (1830-1915) Summer is a coming in oil on canvas 32 ¼ x 52 ¼ in. (81.9 x 132.7 cm.)

Arthur Hughes (1830-1915)
Summer is a coming in
signed 'A Hughes Esq' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse) and further signed and inscribed '"Summer is a coming in"/Arthur Hughes' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 ¼ x 52 ¼ in. (81.9 x 132.7 cm.)

The artist, from whom purchased by
John Hamilton Trist, May 1884 for 60 gns.
His sale; Christie's, London, 9 April 1892, lot 71 as As You Like It (16 gns to Leggatt).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1969, lot 141.
with Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 5 November 1974, lot 123, where purchased by the present owner.