Lot 9A: English oil painting on board, Feeding the Rabbit, England, circa 1875

English oil painting on board, Feeding the Rabbit, England, circa 1875 Signed by English artist Alfred Provis (1843-1886) Feeding the pets; Size of the frame: approximately 18 x 12 inches Condition: perfect for the age, no defects. Biography Alfred Provis was a painter of domestic genre, who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1866 and 1876, as well as exhibiting at Suffolk Street, British Institution and various other venues. He specialized in small, detailed interiors of cottages and farmhouses, with women and children performing household chores. His pictures are usually small and predominantly brown in colour, his style and subject matter shows affinity to Webster and the Cranbrook Colony. Provis's palette of luminous browns abandons the 'principal' for a less, narrow solution of light and a freer analysis, drawing the viewer's eye all around the whole of his canvas. About 30 oil paintings were sold in the period 2004-2014. Auction results: 05-11-2005, Sotheby’s, UK, The cider press, 13 x 11 inches, Oil on canvas 6,621 USD =3,600 GBP. 12-06-2006, Rupert Touvey and Co, Chateau of Hess, 16.7 x 23.6 inches, Oil on canvas, 4,965 USD=2,700 GBP. 11-14-2007, Brightwells, UK, By a cottage door, 1850, 11 x 9 inches, Oil on panel, $3,678 USD= 2,000 GBP. 01-15-2008, Christies UK, London, The New brood 11 x 4.5 inches, Oil on panel, $3,678 USD= 2,000 GBP 01-15-2008, Christies UK, London, Sit up, 1879 11 x 4.5 inches, Oil on board, $3,562 USD =1,937 GBP 03-09-2006, Sotheby’s, UK London, A rustic family, 9 x 13 inches, Oil on canvas, $3,310 USD= 1,800 GBP. 03-08-2006, Mallams, UK, Oxford Interior in Brittany, 9.5 x 13.5 inches, Oil on canvas, $2,207 USD = 1,200 GBP.