Tintern Abbey by moonlight

Details

Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
Tintern Abbey by moonlight
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER. 1872. 1900.' (lower left) and signed and dated again '1872/B.W. Leader.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 ¾ x 29 7/8 in. (50.1 x 76 cm.)

Provenance

Sold by the artist to Agnew's in 1872 (£50).
with Agnew's, London, until 1872, when sold to Benjamin Armitage.
His sale; Christie's, London, 26 May 1900, lot 18 (75 gns to Tooth).
Major-General E.H. Goulburn (†); Christie's, London, 6 March 1981, lot 46.

Literature

Artist's 'Records of Paintings Sold' 1872 and 1900.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, RA 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1988, p. 44-45, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Leader's inscription of two dates on the painting indicate the date at which the painting was painted (1872), and also the date that he reworked certain areas, probably for the art dealer Arthur Tooth, about whom he wrote in his Records of paintings sold in May 1900: 'Working on an early picture for Tooth £5.00'.

We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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