Richard Doyle (1824-1883)

'Fish out of water': Sailors from H.M.S. The Galatea keeping the ground on the occasion of the entry into London, after the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

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Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
'Fish out of water': Sailors from H.M.S. The Galatea keeping the ground on the occasion of the entry into London, after the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
signed with a monogram 'RD' (lower right) and with inscription as title on a fragment of the old mount
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, with scratching out
13.7/8 x 19.7/8 in. (35.3 x 50.4 cm.)

展覽

Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Richard Doyle and his family, 1984, ex-cat.

拍場告示

This watercolour was also exhibited London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Richard Doyle and his Family, ending 26 February 1984, ex-cat.

拍品專文

The title of this watercolour is a traditional identification and must refer to another Royal arrival into London. HMS Galatea was Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh's usual ship, however, on the return from their marriage in St. Petersburg, the Duke and Duchess arrived into Windsor by train having docked at Gravesend.
Richard Doyle was fascinated by processions and the present watercolour is an example of this interest in the interelation of figures in a crowd scene something he translated into the many fairy pictures, for which he is best known. Doyle came from a remarkable artistic family. His brothers Charles and James were both artists and his nephew was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), creator of the famous London sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.