Marcus Stone (1840-1921), An Offer of Marriage

Marcus Stone (1840-1921)

An Offer of Marriage

Oil on canvas; signed

60 x 27 inches

POA

With Henry J Mullen, Harrogate;

Lady Furness, Otterington Hall, Northallerton (Yorkshire);

By descent to her daughter Eleanor Mary Furness (1904-1990), Otterington Hall;

Tennants, Leyburn, The Contents of Otterington Hall, 2 Nov 1990, lot 639 (as Awaiting the Verdict);

Private collection, UK

Royal Academy, 1883, no 5

Henry Blackburn (ed.), Academy Notes, London, May 1883, ill p 7

Art Journal, 1883, p 201

Birmingham Daily Post, 5 May 1883, p 11

Bristol Mercury, 5 May 1883, p 6

Manchester Courier, 5 May 1883, p 5

The Times, 11 May 1883, p 4

Leytonstone Express, 12 May 1883, p 3

The Scotsman, 12 May 1883, p 9

Illustrated London News, 19 May 1883, vol. 82, p 490

Leeds Mercury, 21 May 1883, p 8

The Athenaeum, 2 June 1883, pp 703-4

Lionel G Robinson, Mr Marcus Stone, A.R.A., Art Journal, March 1885, p 72

Alfred L Baldry, Marcus Stone, R.A. His Life and Work, The Art Annual, London, 1896, illus 5, pp 22, 32

Period