The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
signed with a monogram (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 x 35½ in. (58.4 x 90.1 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Although born in London Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904) studied in Dusseldorf and Munich. It is therefore not surprising that he chose the present subject for a picture.

The subject is derived from the book of the same title by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794) which was based on the exaggerated and fantastic stories of the retired army captain Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Baron (Freiherr) von Munchhausen (1720-1797).

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