Alice Bridgenorth and Julian Peveril

Details

Alfred W. Elmore, R.A. (1815-1881)
Alice Bridgenorth and Julian Peveril
inscribed 'J. Peveril' (lower right)
oil on canvas
35½ x 28 in. (90.3 x 71.1cm.)

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1874, no.327.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. All sold lots not removed by 2:00 on Monday 20 November 2000 will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road, London W12 7SJ Telephone: 44 (0)20 8735 3700 Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8735 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate, every week-day from 9:00am to 5:00pm. An initial transfer and administration charge of £3.20 and a storage charge of £1.60 per lot per day will be payable to Cadogan Tate. These charges are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge. (Exceptionally large pictures will be subject to a surcharge).

Lot Essay

Elmore's Academy picture depicts the lovers Julian Peveril and Alice Bridgenorth, hero and heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel Peveril of the Peak, published in 1823. The story is set during the period of the Popish Plot of 1678, when there was a revival of bitter political feeling. The lovers' parents, neighbouring landowners in Derbyshire, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict, and the Peverils, father and son, are arrested as suspected Papists. Meanwhile Alice, entrusted by her father to her brother-in-law Edward Christian, is in danger, thanks to his political machinations, of becoming the King's mistress. Thanks to the intervention of Fenella, a half Moorish retainer, who has maintained the character of a deaf mute in order to be party to her employer's secrets, all is resolved.

More from British and Victorian Pictures

View All