Eyre Crowe (British, 1824-1910) Forfeits signed and dated twice 'E. Crowe / 1880.' (lower left and on the reverse) oil on canvas 73.7 x 112.4 cm (29 x 44 1/4 in). framed 94.5 x 133.0 x 3.5 cm (37.2 x 52.4 x 1.4 in). Footnotes: Provenance (probably) Anonymous sale, King & Chasemore, Pulborough, October 10, 1978, lot 107. Sale, Sotheby's, London, June 21, 1983, lot 69. A private Southern Collection. Sale, Christie's, New York, October 28, 2019, lot 557. The present private collection, acquired from the previous. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts: The One Hundred and Twelfth, 1880, no. 448. Literature 'Works for the Royal Academy Exhibition,' The Artist, no. 4, London, 15 April 1880, p. 100, as 'Playing at Forfeits'. H. Blackburn,Academy Notes, London, May 1880, p. 43, illustrated with a drawing. W. B. Scott, 'The Royal Academy (first notice.),' The Athenæum, no. 2740, London, 1 May 1880, p. 572. 'The Royal Academy,' The Daily News, London, 1 May 1880, p. 6. 'At the Royal Academy,' Pall Mall Gazette, vol. XXXI, no. 4758, London, 24 May 1880, p. 11. 'Collated Opinion on Artwork,' The Artist, no. 6, London, June 1880, p. 178. M. C. Hay, 'The London Royal Academy,' The Art Journal, vol. 6, London, 1880, p. 251. T. Copper, ed., Men of the Time: a Dictionary of Contemporaries, 11th edition, London, 1884, p. 307. D. C. Gilman, H. T. Peck, and F. M. Colby, eds., The New International Encyclopædia, vol. 5, New York, 1907, p. 618. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing