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Summer eve by a haunted stream
Details
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS LEADER, R.A. (WORCESTER 1831-1923 SHERE)
Summer eve by a haunted stream
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1899' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'No.1 Summer Eve by Haunted Stream B.W.Leader' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.8 x 182.9 cm.)
Summer eve by a haunted stream
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1899' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'No.1 Summer Eve by Haunted Stream B.W.Leader' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.8 x 182.9 cm.)
Provenance
with Agnews & Sons, London.
with Mitchell Galleries, London, 1944.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, 5 November 1997, lot 101.
with Mitchell Galleries, London, 1944.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, 5 November 1997, lot 101.
Literature
Art Journal, London, 1899, pp. 166-8, 171 (illustrated).
L. Lusk, ‘B.W. Leader, R.A.’ in The Art Annual, London, 1901, p. 32.
A. Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts; a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, London, 1906, V, p. 11, no. 508.
The Connoisseur, December 1944, v.124, p. 39.
F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader R.A. 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, p. 48, no. 450.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1998, p. 130.
L. Lusk, ‘B.W. Leader, R.A.’ in The Art Annual, London, 1901, p. 32.
A. Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts; a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, London, 1906, V, p. 11, no. 508.
The Connoisseur, December 1944, v.124, p. 39.
F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader R.A. 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, p. 48, no. 450.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1998, p. 130.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1899, no. 508.
Brought to you by
Lucy Speelman
Junior Specialist, Head of Day Sale