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Riviere
comes up for auction
There can be few dog lovers who are unaware of the painting, titled ‘Naughty Boy’ (or ‘Compulsory Education’), showing a young Victorian Girl reading a book with her arms around a Bloodhound, writes Paul Keevil. Published most famously as a ‘Pears Print’ and still available to this day from greeting’s card publishers, the image is the quintessential snapshot of romantic Victorian sentimantality at it’s best. It can be considered to be Briton Riviere’s most famous and celebrated work. Riviere, it will be remembered was responsible for the wonderful reclining Greyhound used a couple of years ago for all the Crufts advertising and catalogues. His dog paintings rarely come on the marked but on Wednesday 6th February, Belfast auctioneers Ross’s Fine Art Auctioneers will offer for sale the original oil on canvas painting by Riviere of ‘Compulsory Education’.
Catalogued
as Lot No. 220, the painting measures 14” x 18”
(61 x 46cm) and carries the extremely modest estimate of £4,000
- £5,000 (Euros 6,250-7,750). Interest is expected to
be high, not only in this lot but in the entire sale, which
includes ‘The Lawrence Collection’, and outstanding
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