Gibraltar; from the series 'Daughters of Our Empire' High on the Rock that fronts the sea Stands alone our fortress key Lady of the Southern main

Details

Edwin Long R.A. (1829-1891)
Gibraltar; from the series 'Daughters of Our Empire'

High on the Rock that fronts the sea
Stands alone our fortress key
Lady of the Southern main

signed with monogram and dated 1886 (lower right) and with inscription '"Gibraltar" by E. Long R.A. One of the series of "Beauty" pictures Copyright registersed by Thos. Agnew & Sons' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 41 1/8 in. (81.5 x 104.4 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Thomas Agnew & Sons, 11 February 1887 (£600).
From where purchased by J. Reisearch, 20 June 1888 (£650).
with Cooling Galleries, London.

Literature

Agnew's catalogue to the above exhibition, 1887, p. 10.
A. Chester, 'The Art of Edwin Long, R.A.' Windsor Magazine, February 1908, p. 347, pl. 190.
M. Bills, Edwin Longsden Long R.A., London, 1998, p.160, cat. 237.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, 1887, no. 15.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This picture was one of a series of twenty commissioned by the London dealers Agnew's to celebrate the Royal Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Various 'Daughters of Empire' were depicted in their national costumes. These included Aden; Bethlehem; India; Wales; Australia; Canada; Cyprus (Ancient: Love's Messenger, and Modern); Egypt; England: the Parson's Daughter, The Violet, The Rose (a portrait of Princess May of Teck, later Queen Mary, wife of King George V), The Primrose, The Little Sister of the Poor; Ireland; Jamaica; Malta; Scotland and Trinidad.

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