Auction introduction: This July, Christie’s British & European Art department presents The Isabel Goldsmith Collection: Selected Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art. Spanning over 40 years of collecting the auction contains important examples of Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art from both the British and European schools. Comprising 87 lots, the collection explores the themes of sleep, dreams, the soul and the afterlife, spiritualism, beauty, literary and classical subjects. Highlights include paintings by Sidney Henry Meteyard, Evelyn De Morgan, George Frederic Watts and Alfred Stevens, alongside works on paper by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, Henry Ryland, Simeon Solomon, Henry John Stock, Lucien Levy-Dhurmer and Fernand Khnopff. Explore the auction in person at our King Street galleries from 9–14 July. Works from the collection are available to view by appointment prior to this date. Please contact the department for further details.