Depicting Israelite women lamenting the lost promised land, it sold for £1600.
According to an inscription to the original gilt frame, it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1868 – two years before Frost became a full Royal Academician in 1870.
This small 7 x 91/2in (18 x 24cm) oil on panel Biblical scene by the Victorian artist William Edward Frost (1810-77), below, doubled its top guide at Peter Francis (20% buyer’s premium) of Carmarthen on July 11.
Depicting Israelite women lamenting the lost promised land, it sold for £1600.
According to an inscription to the original gilt frame, it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1868 – two years before Frost became a full Royal Academician in 1870.