A reminder of the dramatic drop in demand over recent decades for Victorian landscapes was evident in Gloucestershire where two such oils by Sidney Richard Percy (1822-86) went under the hammer.
Receipts offered with the pair showed they had been acquired by the vendor from an English gallery in the early 1990s for a combined £110,000. On January 10 at Stroud Auctions (15% buyer’s premium), their total came to £20,000.