Waterloo Lake, Roundlay Park, Leeds, circa 1872

Details

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Waterloo Lake, Roundlay Park, Leeds, circa 1872
oil on paper laid down on board
8¾ x 17 in. (22.3 x 43.2 cm.)

Provenance

with Jeremy Maas, London.
Robert Mendlesohn.

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Lot Essay

In 1872 Grimshaw was commissioned to paint three views of Roundhay Park for the notice of a Committee of the House of Commons in connection with the Leeds Corporation Improvement Bill, in which the City sought to purchase the Roundhay Park estate, to turn into a public park. (Leeds Mercury, 19 April 1872, p. 3). The Waterloo Lake was excavated from a former quarry following the Napoleonic Wars.

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