Catalogue No. 93
Signed and dated l.l. G F Watts 1869. Oil on panel, 23 ins by 73 ins.

Artist: Watts, George Frederic OM RA
The Return of the Dove

1817-1904
Signed and dated l.l. G F Watts 1869. Oil on panel, 23 ins by 73 ins.

Collection Details
C H Rickards sale, Christie’s, 2 April 1887, lot 57: bt by Agnew for Alexander Henderson, later 1st Lord Faringdon; included in his sale, Sotheby’s, 13 June 1934, lot 134, when it was bought by Lord Faringdon.

Exhibition Details
RA, 1869, No.45; Grosvenor Galleries, London, 1882, No.162; RA, Winter, 1905, No.232.

Background
A label on the back is inscribed: No.2. The Return of the Dove G. F. Watts, Little Holland House.