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Arthur Hughes #66,974

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personEnglish, 1832–1915
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Selected Works44

Museum Acquisitions

Tate
Study for ‘The Eve of St Agnes’
Study for ‘The Eve of St Agnes’, 1856
Acquired 1997
Graphite on paper
Tate
Study for ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Verso: Study for ‘The Guarded Bower’
Study for ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Verso: Study for ‘The Guarded Bower’, 1855
Acquired 1995
Graphite on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Study for ‘Madeline and Porphyro Escaping from the Castle’ for the Right-hand Panel of ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Verso: ?Study for ‘The Seed of David’ by D.G. Rossetti
Study for ‘Madeline and Porphyro Escaping from the Castle’ for the Right-hand Panel of ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Verso: ?Study for ‘The Seed of David’ by D.G. Rossetti, 1856
Acquired 1994
Graphite on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Studies for ‘April Love’
Studies for ‘April Love’, 1856
Acquired 1959
Graphite and ink on paper
Tate
The Woodman’s Child
The Woodman’s Child, 1860
Acquired 1958
Oil paint on canvas
Tate
That was a Piedmontese ...
That was a Piedmontese ..., 1862
Acquired 1940
Oil paint on wood
Tate
The Eve of St Agnes
The Eve of St Agnes, 1856
Acquired 1931
Oil paint on canvas
Tate
The Wicked Fairy for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’
The Wicked Fairy for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’, 1870
Acquired 1926
Ink and graphite on paper
Tate
The Drunken Cabman for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’
The Drunken Cabman for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’, 1870
Acquired 1926
Ink and graphite on paper
Tate
Old Sal for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’
Old Sal for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’, 1869
Acquired 1926
Ink on paper
Tate
‘The Modeller‘, Charles Shannon, 1891 | Tate
‘The Modeller‘, Charles Shannon, 1891 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘The Ruffled Sea‘, Charles Shannon, 1893 | Tate
‘The Ruffled Sea‘, Charles Shannon, 1893 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘Aurora Leigh’s Dismissal of Romney (‘The Tryst’)‘, Arthur Hughes, 1860 | Tate
‘Aurora Leigh’s Dismissal of Romney (‘The Tryst’)‘, Arthur Hughes, 1860 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘That was a Piedmontese ...‘, Arthur Hughes, 1862 | Tate
‘That was a Piedmontese ...‘, Arthur Hughes, 1862 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘The Eve of St Agnes‘, Arthur Hughes, 1856 | Tate
‘The Eve of St Agnes‘, Arthur Hughes, 1856 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘Cabman and Policeman‘, Charles Samuel Keene | Tate
‘Cabman and Policeman‘, Charles Samuel Keene | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘Too Late‘, William Lindsay Windus, 1858 | Tate
‘Too Late‘, William Lindsay Windus, 1858 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘Past and Present, No. 2‘, Augustus Leopold Egg, 1858 | Tate
‘Past and Present, No. 2‘, Augustus Leopold Egg, 1858 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘April Love‘, Arthur Hughes, 1855–6 | Tate
‘April Love‘, Arthur Hughes, 1855–6 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson‘, The Hon. John Collier, exhibited 1881 | Tate
‘The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson‘, The Hon. John Collier, exhibited 1881 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘Old Sal for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’‘, Arthur Hughes, c.1869 | Tate
‘Old Sal for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’‘, Arthur Hughes, c.1869 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘The Drunken Cabman for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’‘, Arthur Hughes, c.1870 | Tate
‘The Drunken Cabman for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’‘, Arthur Hughes, c.1870 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘The Wicked Fairy for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’‘, Arthur Hughes, c.1870 | Tate
‘The Wicked Fairy for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’‘, Arthur Hughes, c.1870 | Tate
In museum collection

Previous Sales

Christie's
The Enchantress
The Enchantress
£53,340 ($70k USD)
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott
Sold
Jul 2024
Christie's
La parade nuptiale; et Les spectateurs
La parade nuptiale; et Les spectateurs
€1,260 ($1k USD)
Nov 2023
Christie's
En Pénitence
En Pénitence
£32,760 ($43k USD)
Jul 2023
Christie's
Head study of a girl, drawn for Charles Rowley
Head study of a girl, drawn for Charles Rowley
£11,340 ($15k USD)
Jul 2023
Christie's
Head of a girl
Head of a girl
£2,520 ($3k USD)
Jul 2023
Christie's
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
£151,200 ($200k USD)
Dec 2022
Sotheby's
Poll the Milkmaid
Poll the Milkmaid
Sold
Dec 2021
Christie's
Female head
Female head
£37,500 ($50k USD)
Dec 2018
Christie's
Caedmon's awakening
Caedmon's awakening
£47,500 ($63k USD)
Jul 2017
Christie's
Gypsies
Gypsies
£7,500 ($10k USD)
Mar 2015
Christie's
The Crowning of Caedmon
The Crowning of Caedmon
£3,250 ($4k USD)
Jun 2014
Christie's
A Passing Cloud 'O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day Which now shows all the beauty of the sun And by and by a cloud takes all away' Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
A Passing Cloud 'O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day Which now shows all the beauty of the sun And by and by a cloud takes all away' Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
£103,250 ($136k USD)
Dec 2010
Christie's
A Visit to Grandmother
A Visit to Grandmother
£10,000 ($13k USD)
Nov 2007
Christie's
Portrait of Mrs Louisa Jenner, full-length, in a blue dress against an Edinburgh landscape
Portrait of Mrs Louisa Jenner, full-length, in a blue dress against an Edinburgh landscape
£78,000 ($103k USD)
Nov 2006
Christie's
Madeleine
Madeleine
£2,151 ($3k USD)
Nov 2004
Christie's
Cliff Searchers
Cliff Searchers
£5,377 ($7k USD)
Jun 2003
Christie's
A Birthday Picnic - Portraits of the children of William and Anne Pattinson of Felling, near Gateshead
A Birthday Picnic - Portraits of the children of William and Anne Pattinson of Felling, near Gateshead
£380,650 ($502k USD)
Feb 2003
Christie's
Asleep in the Woods
Asleep in the Woods
$15,535
Oct 2002
Christie's
The Enchantress
The Enchantress
£12,925 ($17k USD)
Jun 2001
Christie's
The old Neighbour gone before: a Street Episode in Brittany
The old Neighbour gone before: a Street Episode in Brittany, 1878
£8,970 ($12k USD)
Oct 1998
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Singer
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2011 · Accession T13360 · Oil paint on panel
Bequeathed by Mr W.S. Taylor in memory of his wife Audrey and daughter Julia 2011
Elaine with the Armour of Launcelot
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2011 · Accession T13359 · Oil paint on panel
Bequeathed by Mr W.S. Taylor in memory of his wife Audrey and daughter Julia 2011
Study for ‘The Eve of St Agnes’
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T07284 · Graphite on paper
Presented by Leonard Roberts to celebrate the Tate Gallery Centenary 1997
Study for ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Verso: Study for ‘The Guarded Bower’
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1995 · Accession T06979 · Graphite on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Presented by Leonard Roberts 1995
Study for ‘Madeline and Porphyro Escaping from the Castle’ for the Right-hand Panel of ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Verso: ?Study for ‘The Seed of David’ by D.G. Rossetti
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1994 · Accession T06884 · Graphite on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Presented by Leonard Roberts 1994
Good Things For the Young of All Ages, Annual for 1873
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1965 · Accession 65.581.1 · Illustration: wood engravings
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Powel, 1965
Studies for ‘April Love’
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1959 · Accession T00276 · Graphite and ink on paper
Presented by Charles Alexander Munro 1959
The Woodman’s Child
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1958 · Accession T00176 · Oil paint on canvas
Presented by Mrs Phyllis L.Holland 1958
Aurora Leigh’s Dismissal of Romney (‘The Tryst’)
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1940 · Accession N05245 · Oil paint on board
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
That was a Piedmontese ...
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1940 · Accession N05244 · Oil paint on wood
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
The Eve of St Agnes
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1931 · Accession N04604 · Oil paint on canvas
Bequeathed by Mrs Emily Toms in memory of her father, Joseph Kershaw 1931
The Wicked Fairy for ‘At the Back of the North Wind’
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1926 · Accession A00213 · Ink and graphite on paper
Presented by H. Reitlinger 1926
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions1

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#2,506 Prince Street Gallery

SO RETRO

ARTHUR HUGHES

547 W 27th St #504, New York, NY 10001, United States

Dec 31, 2024 — Jan 25, 2025

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Exhibition
SO RETRO
Dec 31, 2024
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death
Arthur Hughes dies
Jan 1, 1915
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birth
Arthur Hughes born
Jan 1, 1832