Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) The Plough, circa 1893 stamped with the artist's monogram in reverse, lithograph on buff paper (25.5cm x 34.5cm (10in x 13 5/8in) (plate)) Provenance: Estate of the Artist and thence by descent to the present owner. Exhibited: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted House, 15 March - 22 June 2008 (and tour to Gainsborough's House, Sudbury 4 October - 13 December 2008), listed p. 75; Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted House, 17 April - 12 September 2010, no cat.no.s. Literature: R. A. Bevan, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: A Memoir by his Son, Studio Vista, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w pl.4. Graham Dry, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and other Prints, The Curwen Press, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w no.7. R. A. Bevan, the artist's son, has explained about this work that 'not more than half a dozen prints are known to exist' (op.cit.) Graham Dry has stated: 'Possibly no more than six proofs survive...All are...with the monogram RPB in reverse.' (op.cit.)