The crystal ball

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Walford Graham Robertson, R.B.A., R.O.I. (1867-1948)
The crystal ball
signed ‘W Graham Robertson’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 48 in. (60.9 x 121.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A well-known figure in the Edwardian age, Robertson was born in London and educated at Eton. A portrait painter, illustrator, playwright and author, he studied art under the great Aesthete Albert Moore. A collector as well as an artist, Robertson had a large collection of work by William Blake and purchased important pieces by Burne-Jones, Moore and Rossetti. He exhibited at the Carfax Gallery, the New English Art Club, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and the Goupil Gallery.

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