Returning home

Details

Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
Returning home
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER.1897.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 x 31¾ in. (53.3 x 80.7 cm.)

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This is a version of the 1897 painting, The Day's Toil is Ended, which was purchased by Thomas Virtue & Co. for the purposes of engraving in 1898.

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

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