Copy of ‘A Scene at the Mitre’ by Eyre Crowe (1857), published in The Bookman, September 1909
Medium: oil
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1857
It is not known who first purchased this picture, but it was bought in by Christie’s auction house from Hayward and Leggatt on 7 December 1864 for £38 17s 0d. It was then sold to John Knowles. It was auctioned again by Christie’s on 7 April 1865, and sold to the art dealers Messrs Agnew for engraving purposes for £79 9s 0d.
It was auctioned again at Sotheby’s on 4 June 1969, but its current ownership is unknown.
