Fitzwilliam Work list 1861 King Rene's honey moon - Graham Garnet says provenance Foster's sale, 1 May 1876 (lot 61), bt Agnew (8157) for WG £44 2s; WG 110: £125/sale 143, bt Clifford 200 gns; Fine Art Society, 1973; PRIVATE COLLECTION In a letter to Burne-Jones of March 3 1871 William Graham mentions "René's Honeymoon" which indicates that he was in possession of a work at that date, which conflicts with Garnett's statement that Graham bought the painting in the Birket Foster sale of 1876. There is some confusion between the stained glass version which was owned by Birket Foster and this watercolour. Lot 143 in the Graham sale "King René's Honeymoon" was bought by Edward Clifford for 200 guineas. This was a large sum for a single watercolour of 49.5cms by 37.1 cms, it is therefore possible that under the name of the painting both King Rene subjects (Painting and Sculpture) were held in the same lot. The previous lot of The Choristers is known to have consisted of two roundels and The Garland lot 144 and 145 (three paintings each) only reached 110 and 70 guineas which increases the possibility that lot 143 consisted of two paintings. It should be noted that Mrs W. de Houghton Birch (J.P Seddon's daughter) exhibited the panels from the cabinet in the exhibition "Pre-Raphaelite Paintings from Lancashire Collections" at the National Gallery Millbank in 1913. The model for King René was a Italian named Ciamelli, an organ grinder who was used by Simeon Solomon and Burne-Jones as a model in the early 1860s and was admired for his magnificent head of black hair. Current location unknown, image included here is of the cabinet panel as reproduced by Gaunt in 1943