‘Marguerite’ by Henry Meynell Rheam RI (1859-1920). The painting is signed with monogram and dated. Watercolour and gouache on paper, newly remounted, glazed with non-reflective UV resistant Glass, and presented in a bespoke Pre-Raphaelite gilt metal leaf frame.

Taken from the story of ‘Faust’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the image of the beautiful Marguerite at her spinning wheel was shown to Faust by the demon Mephistopheles. In exchange for her love, Faust agreed to sell his soul to the Devil.

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Henry Meynell Rheam entered Heatherley’s School in 1884 before moving to Paris two years later to study at the Académie Julian. Upon his return to England, he settled in Polperro close to the celebrated artistic community centred around the town of Newlyn. Like his friend and near neighbour Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854-1931) he became famous for his vibrant and intricately painted late Pre-Raphaelite paintings of women in Renaissance and Medieval costume.

Rheam exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the New Watercolour Society, the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, and with the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours to which he was elected member in 1895.

Dimensions: (framed) 63cm x 57cm (24¾” x 22½”).

Dimensions: (image only) 47cm x 34cm (18½” x 13¼”).

Medium: Watercolour and gouache on paper.

Provenance: Private UK collection.

Presentation: Bespoke gold metal leaf English Pre-Raphaelite frame.

Condition: Very good. Newly professionally remounted, glazed with non-reflective UV resistant Glass, framed, and ready to hang.