John Brett, ARA (British, 1831-1902) Tresaithe Sands, Cardigan Bay signed and dated 'John Brett 1891' (incised, lower right) oil on canvas 38.1 x 76.2cm (15 x 30in). Footnotes: Provenance Wolf Harris, 7 November 1891, £100. Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 16 July 1926, lot 109. Leggatt Bros (acquired for 17 gns). Howson Devitt Collection, UK. Thence by descent. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1892, no. 756, as Cardigan Bay. London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1903, no. 154, as Cardigan Bay Literature Royal Academy Pictures, 1892, p. 90. Henry Blackburn, Academy Notes, 1892, p. 21 (illustrated p. 117). The Athenaeum, 1892, pp. 571 & 733. Christiana Payne & Charles Brett, John Brett - Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter, New Haven, 2010, p. 237, no. 1387. Howson Devitt was the son of Sir Thomas Lane Devitt, Bt. (1839-1923), a major patron and friend of John Brett. Many of the works that Sir Thomas commissioned and collected were passed down to Howson, who acquired the present lot after 1926, possibly from Leggatt Bros. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: P P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com