Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow, R.A., P.R.W.S. (1850-1919)

Friends or Foes

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Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow, R.A., P.R.W.S. (1850-1919)
Friends or Foes
signed 'E Waterlow' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and numbered '2/Friends or Foes/by Ernest A Waterlow A.R.A./5 St Petersburg Place/Bayswater' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
34 x 54 in. (86 x 137.2 cm.)

Provenance

Mr George Wood.
Miss Dove, Middlesborough.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 1 October 1948, lot 115 (4 gns to Mrs Davidson).
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 29 October 2008, lot 160.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1890, no. 937.
Bristol Art Gallery (undated), no. 94
Middlesborough, Municipal Art Gallery, November 1938, number untraced (lent by Miss Dove).

Sale room notice

Please note the view depicts the village of Cowie, to the north of Stonehaven, near Aberdeen.

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Lot Essay

Waterlow travelled extensively in Ireland and on the Continent yet it was the gentle rural life in England which appealed to him more. According to Martin Hardie 'his somewhat idyllic landscapes found mainly in Southern England, are marked by harmony of colour and quiet refinement.' (Watercolour Painting in Britain, vol. II, London, 1967). Like Sir Alfred East, Waterlow worked throughout his life in watercolour as well as oils, being elected a member of the Royal Academy a year after receiving his Knighthood in 1902.

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