sunset
signed and dated l.l.: B W Leader 1861
oil on canvas
58.5 by 84.5 cm., 23 by 33 1/4 in.
Exhibited:
Birmingham, Society of Arts, 1861 (£25).
We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her kind assistance in cataloging this lot which is to be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the artist.
2 comments:
This is a beauty, and one I've never seen reproduced. Thank you!
Its only recently I realised how much his early pics were so influenced by PRB (or at least Ruskin) principles. Grimshaw was the same.
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