Joseph Clark, R.O.I. (British 1834-1926)
The Wanderer and Restored
pair of oils on canvas, both signed "J. Clark". Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1861 #518 #519, and the International Exhibition in 1862 #740. Both canvases with stamps from C. Davy, 83 Newman Street, London. Label from Fine Art Galleries, London. Both illustrated in "The Art Journal 1863" with the following description: "In the year 1861 he sent to the Academy the two pictures engraved on this and the preceding page, respectively entitled 'The Wanderer' and 'Restored'. Both relate to one incident. A little child has strayed away from home, or, as she would probably say, if old enough to talk, she "has taken the kitten out for a walk," and has seated herself at the outskirts of a wood, tempted to enter it by the ripe blackberries on which she has been feasting. There she is discovered by a gentleman and his daughter, the latter of whom stoops down to ask the child some question: this is the subject of the first picture. In the second the wanderer is restored to its home, the mother welcoming her child, and the old cat her abducted kitten; the gentleman points with his umbrella to the spot where the truant was found. Nothing in the way of Art could be more unaffected and natural than these compositions; both are excellent, but if we have a preference it is for the former, in which the attitude and expression of the three figures, that of the child especially, are truth itself, while the "tree-work" is quite as good in its way. We hold this to be a perfect specimen of genuine Art - as perfect of its kind as could be placed on canvas."
Size: 20 ¼ h x 17 w in (with frames: 29 ½ h x 26 ½ w in)
Provenance: Estate of Joseph and Rosalie Segal, Vancouver Canada
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