Birch trees on the hillside below Capel Curig

Details

Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
Birch trees on the hillside below Capel Curig
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1874.' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed as title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
26 x 38¼ in. (66 x 97.2 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Wallis, August 1874 (£155).
with The French Gallery, London.

Literature

The artist's own sale records, 1874.

Exhibited

Possibly London, Royal Academy, 1874, No. 505.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Sale room notice

We are grateful to Ruth Wood for pointing out that our suggestion, recorded in the catalogue, that the present lot could be Leader's Royal Academy exhibit of 1874 is incorrect.

Lot Essay

Leader depicts the river Llugwy as it winds it way south from below Capel Curig. The artist had taken sketching holidays in North Wales on an almost annual basis from the late 1850s until 1889. The landscape around Capel Curig and Bettws-y-Coed was greatly favoured by both professional and amateur artists; the rivers Llugwy, Lledr and Conway, which coursed through the narrow valleys overlooked by mountain ranges provided a wealth of good subject matter.

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

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