拍品 129

John Byam Liston Shaw, A.R.W.S. (1872-1919)

已結束1995年11月6日

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GBP 4,600

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John Byam Liston Shaw, A.R.W.S. (1872-1919)

'Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward,
and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?'
Ecclesiastes, III, 21

signed,and dated '1901/Byam Shaw' and inscribed 'No.14 Who knoweth the spirit of/man that goeth upward/& the spirit of the beast/that goeth downward/to the earth?/ch 3 v 21 (Bethgelert)' on the reverse; oil on panel
14 x 9¾in. (35.6 x 24.8cm.)

James Lewis Walker, 7 Grosvenor Street, London
Kerrison Preston
Given by him to James Byam Shaw, the artist's son

專家說明

This is one of thirty pictures with subjects based on the Book of Ecclesiastes that Byam Shaw exhibited at Dowdeswell's in June 1902, his second exhibition at the gallery with which he became so closely associated. It illustrates the well-known legend of the Welsh Prince Llewelyn and his faithful hound Gelert.

Although the inscription suggests that the picture was no.14 in the exhibition and it is listed as no.22 in Cole's monograph, it is actually no.20 in the catalogue.