Lot 180: Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904)

Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904)
The Valley of the Darro
signed and dated 'Arthur Melville. 93' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
33¾ x 23¾ in. (85.7 x 60.4 cm.)

London, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Exhibition of collected works by Arthur Meville R.W.S., January - February 1906, no. 67: this exhibition travelled to Nottingham, 1907, no. 96.
London, Fine Art Society, Aspects of Victorian Art, March - April 1971, no. 110.
Glasgow, Fine Art Society, Glasgow 1900: exhibition of paintings and sculpture, June - July 1979, no. 98: this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh, Fine Art Society, August - September 1979.

A.E. Mackay, Arthur Melville Scottish Impressionist, Leigh-on-Sea, 1951, p. 146, no. 330.

Miss Rosalind Cox.
with Fine Art Society, London, December 1979, where purchased by the present owner.