At the opera

Details

Thomas Reynolds Lamont, A.R.W.S. (1826-1898)
At the opera
signed and dated 'T R Lamont/1857' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
13¾ x 9 7/8 in. (35 x 25 cm.)

Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London.

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Lot Essay

This glamorous scene is instructive. Lamont was a Scot who studied in Paris and was the model for 'the Laird' in George du Maurier's novel Trilby, published in 1894. Du Maurier had been a fellow student, along with Poynter and Whistler. This rather intriguing composition, depicting two observers, looks satirically at the romantic games played out at such society occasions.

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