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We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Sheep-pastures, North Wales
Details
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
Sheep-pastures, North Wales
signed and dated 'B W LEADER 1874' (lower left)
oil on board
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm.)
Sheep-pastures, North Wales
signed and dated 'B W LEADER 1874' (lower left)
oil on board
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Samuel Carter Hall, August 1874 (£40).
Literature
The artist's own sale records, 1874.
Art Journal, London, 1888, p.68, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Spring Exhibition, Arthur Tooth, London, 1889.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Woodbridge, 1998. p. 137.
Art Journal, London, 1888, p.68, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Spring Exhibition, Arthur Tooth, London, 1889.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Woodbridge, 1998. p. 137.
Exhibited
Possibly London, Arthur Tooth, Spring Exhibition, 1889, no 17, as 'Welsh sheep pastures'.
Engraved
A. Willmore, published by J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., London, 1888.
Special notice
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