'Evening. The Wild Woods Among'

Details

Joseph Farquharson, R.A. (1846-1935)
'Evening. The Wild Woods Among'
signed 'J. Farquharson.' (lower right), and further signed and inscribed 'Title Evening The Wild Woods.. Artist Joseph Farquharson. R... Finzean. Aboyne Aberdeenshire' (on a fragmentary label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
43¼ x 60¼ in. (112.4 x 153.1 cm.)

Provenance

with D. Lister & Sons, Harrogate.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1910, no. 726.

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Lot Essay

Farquharson's title derives from Robert Burns' poem Where are the Joys. The first stanza reads:

Where are the joys I hae met in the morning,
That danc'd to the lark's early sang?
Where is the peace that awaited my wand'ring
At e'ening the wild-woods amang.

Like much of his work, the picture was executed at Finzean, Farquharson's estate in Aberdeenshire.

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