Lot Essay
Original title given by Leader in 1879 was 'The Evening Hour'.
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The last gleam
Details
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
The last gleam
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1879' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'no.2 The Last Gleam B.W.Leader' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
38 x 60 in. (96.5 x 152.4 cm.)
The last gleam
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1879' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'no.2 The Last Gleam B.W.Leader' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
38 x 60 in. (96.5 x 152.4 cm.)
Provenance
Sold by the artist to W.W. Boulton Esq., 1879 for 350.00.
with Arthur Tooth, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1971, Lot 38.
with M. Newman, London, 1971.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 July 1974, lot 213.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1981, lot 71.
with Frost & Reed, London, 1982.
with Arthur Tooth, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1971, Lot 38.
with M. Newman, London, 1971.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 July 1974, lot 213.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1981, lot 71.
with Frost & Reed, London, 1982.
Literature
Artist's Dairy and Records of Paintings Sold, 1879.
Illustrated London News, 7 June 1879.
Worcester Society of Arts Catalogue, 1882.
Art Annual (The Art Journal), 1901, p.32.
The Strand Magazine, June 1892, p. 599.
F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, p. 37, no. 154.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923, His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1998, p.129.
Illustrated London News, 7 June 1879.
Worcester Society of Arts Catalogue, 1882.
Art Annual (The Art Journal), 1901, p.32.
The Strand Magazine, June 1892, p. 599.
F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, p. 37, no. 154.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923, His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1998, p.129.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1879, no. 964.
Worcester, Worcester Society of Arts 1882, no.95, lent by W.W. Boulton Esq.
Worcester, Worcester Society of Arts 1882, no.95, lent by W.W. Boulton Esq.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.