Bad news for the camp

細節

John Charlton, R.B.A. (1849-1917)
Bad news for the camp
stamped with initials (on stretcher); and with fragmentary label (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (122 x 183 cm.)

注意事項

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拍場告示

Please note the correct title should read:
Bad News for the Camp.

Please note that this picture is signed with initials and dated
'JC/1892' (lower right).

拍品專文

John Charlton was born in Bamburgh, Northumberland and studied at the Newcastle School of Art and at South Kensington. A painter of sporting subjects and battles, he increasingly turned to painting military subjects. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Grosvenor Gallery and the New Gallery.