LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

34.02 in. (86.40 cm.) (height) by 137.01 in. (348.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition of Toronto, Fine Art Section, 1910, no. 1, lent by the Art Union of London and listed as Daniel Maclise, R.A. ,London, Exhibition of Naval & Military Works, Guildhall, Corporation of London, 1915, no. 233, lent by Sir Richard Biddulph Martin.The present lot is likely a copy after Daniel Maclise's (1806-1870) impressive work of the same title in the Royal Gallery, Parliament, painted by Arthur Stocks. Maclise's original work was commissioned in 1858 and finished in 1861 and can be viewed opposite the Royal Gallery from Maclise's other notable commission the 'Death of Nelson'. Shortly after Maclise had completed his masterpiece the renowned print maker Lumb Stocks (1812-1892) created an engraving after the original work with assistance from his son Arthur Stocks (1846-1889), himself a very capable engraver and draughtsman. The engraving was first at the Royal Academy in 1874 no. 1260 and it is possible that Arthur Stocks painted this large copy of the original around this time

Provenance:

The Art Union of London.,Sir Richard Biddulph Martin, 1st Baronet, Overbury Court, Gloucestershire, Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury.,The Waterloo Hotel, Crowthorne, Berkshire