Lot 31: Marcus Stone, RA (British, 1840-1921) Bad news 36 1/4 x 22 3/4in (92 x 58cm)

Marcus Stone, RA (British, 1840-1921)
Bad news
signed and dated 'MARCUS STONE/ 1882' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 22 3/4in (92 x 58cm)
Footnotes

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 4 November 1999, lot 138;
with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans.

Exhibited
Odessa, Texas, Ellen Noel Museum of Art, Where Will You Travel Next?-Destinations in Paintings, November 2012-February 2013; Albany, New York, Albany Museum of Art, January-April 2014; Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown Museum of the Lehigh Valley, June-September 2014; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, February-June 2015; Lakeland, Florida, Polk Museum of Art, July-December 2015.

Literature
James Allen Scott, Where Will You Travel Next? Destinations in Paintings, 2011, p. 94, illustrated.

A larger version of this work was exhibited to great acclaim at the Royal Academy in 1882. The success of the composition lead Stone to execute several smaller versions in order to satisfy the public's demand.