Lot 69: MARIANNE STOKES

MARIANNE STOKES 1855 - 1927 LANTERN LIGHT signed l.r.: Marianne Stokes oil on canvas 82 by 102cm., 32 by 40in.

Royal Academy, 1888, no.590;
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1888;
Birmingham, Society of Artists, 1889;
Melbourne, Australia, 1890;
Sydney, Australia, 1890;
Penzance, Penlee House Gallery, Lyrical Light, 2008;
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Utmost Fidelity, The Painting Lives of Marianne and Adrian Stokes, 2009, not numbered

Magdalen Evans, Utmost Fidelity, The Painting Lives of Marianne and Adrian Stokes, 2009, pp.44-45, 72, 76-77, illustrated in colour p.47

Sotheby's, 30 September 1998, lot 38;
Private collection

Lantern Light and the similar but smaller painting Polishing Pans and the heartbreakingly sentimental A Parting (both Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), represent the best of Marianne Stokes' early career. It has been suggested that Lantern Light may depict a young boy drying glasses at the St Ives Arts Club. It has been noted that; 'Refraining from choosing subjects of heavy or unkind manual labour she observes children diligently applying themselves to a task in hand.' (Magdalern Evans, Utmost Fidelity, 2009, p.44)