LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

66.93 in. (170.00 cm.) (height) by 120.98 in. (307.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'HERBERT DICKSEE' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'The Dying Lion/Herbert Dicksee/6 Fitzroy Sq. W.' (on the reverse) and further signed 'Herbert Dicksee' (on the frame)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1888, no. 349.

Literature:

Wynyard Park inventory, 1956, p. 11, billiard room.Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. ii, p. 124, ballroom.A. de Courcy, Society’s Queen - The Life of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry, London, 2004, p. 215.

Provenance:

Almost certainly Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852-1915) and or Theresa Susey Helen, Marchioness of Londonderry (c.1854-1919) and by descent.