LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.25 in. (112.40 cm.) (height) by 95.98 in. (243.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and numbered 'No 1 G.D. Leslie A.R.A. 8 Grove End Road N.W.' (on the stretcher)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1870, no. 104. Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1878, no. 123 (lent by Wm. Waring Esq.). Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 291 (lent by Wm. Waring Esq.).

Literature:

E. Morris, Victorian & Edwardian Paintings in the Walker Art Gallery and at Sudley House, Liverpool, 1996, pp. 280-281.

Provenance:

William Waring, 21 Harrington Gardens, London, by 1878. His sale (†); Christie's, London, 22 February 1902, lot 45 (90 gns to Wallis).