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| Henry Tanworth Wells Portrait of Emma and Federica Bankes of Soughton Hall at their Dressing Table (1869) oil on canvas 57⁵/₁₆ X 48⅟₁₆ in. |
Bonham's Auction House, London, will be holding its sale of 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolours in just a few days, at the venerable auctioneers' New Bond Street location. There are over 100 lots in the sale, all of which can be seen in person during previews, beginning this Sunday, January 20, 2013. The full catalog is also available for viewing online.
What I particularly like about searching through these auctions is the ability to see artworks which are not in museum collections, and which are, therefore, less familiar. A good case in point is the work of Edmund Blair Leighton, who is represented here by two paintings. Blair Leighton (not to be confused with Frederic Lord Leighton, to whom there was no relation) is an oft underrated, British, genre painter, the vast majority of whose paintings reside in private collections. That he is as widely known as he is is the result of the popularity of licensed products bearing images of just a few key examples of his work (The Accolade probably being his most famous of these reproductions). Currently, Kara Lysandra Ross, Director of Operations at the Art Renewal Center, is compiling a catalogue raisonné of Blair Leighton's paintings, but until that collection is published, auctions like these are the best opportunity to see his lesser known works.
The auction of 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolours will take place in London on January 23rd at 2:00 PM GMT. Preview dates and times are as follows:
January 20 / 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
January 21 / 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
January 22 / 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
January 23 / 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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| Edmund Blair Leighton The Glance that Enchants (1902) oil on panel 13¹⁵/₁₆ X 9¾ in. |
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| Edmund Blair Leighton The Latest News (1920) oil on canvas 14 X 18½ in. |
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| Vlaho Bukovac At Rest (1909) oil on canvas 16¹⁵/₁₆ X 21¼ in. |
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| Carl Vilhelm Holsøe Interior with Cello oil on canvas 29¹⁵/₁₆ X 22⅟₁₆ in. |
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| John Prescott Knight Portrait of Marshall Ramon Cabrera, El Tigre del Maestrazgos oil on canvas 36 X 28⅛ in. |
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| Sir George Clausen Portrait of Arthur George Clausen (1893) oil on panel 9⁷/₁₆ X 6⁵/₁₆ in. |
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| George Spencer Watson Portrait of a Lady Holding a Parasol oil on canvas 34⁷/₁₆ X 26¹⁵/₁₆ in. |
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| Alfred Guillou The Mussel Gatherer oil on canvas 45¹³/₁₆ X 27⁷/₁₆ in. |
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| Henry Scott Tuke A Bather oil on panel 11⁷/₁₆ X 7⅞ ln. |
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| Albert Brockbank On the Fylde Coast (1886) oil on canvas 29¹⁵/₁₆ X 43¹¹/₁₆ in. |
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| Sidney Richard Percy Glaslyn (1878) oil on canvas 24 X 37⅜ in. |
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| John Atkinson Grimshaw Thrush's Nest, Primroses, Pear Blossom (1862) oil on board 12 X 15¹⁵/₁₆ in. |