Leonard Charles Nightingale (fl. 1880-1904)
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Leonard Charles Nightingale (fl. 1880-1904)

An Afternoon Reverie

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Leonard Charles Nightingale (fl. 1880-1904)
An Afternoon Reverie
signed 'L.C.NIGHTINGALE' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25¾ x 51½ in. (65.4 x 130.8 cm.)
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Lot Essay

As with Nightingale's other works, this picture exhibits all the details of a languid aestheticism. A japanese umbrella, a discarded love-letter, and a boat adrift on a lily pond, all evoke a world of reverie, especially as the door to the wild-wood beyond is left half open.

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