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A dewy morning on the mountains, Capel Curig, North Wales
Details
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
A dewy morning on the mountains, Capel Curig, North Wales
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER. 1874.' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and numbered 'No 1 A dewy morning on the mountains, Capel Curig, North Wales B.W. Leader.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
50 x 72 in. (127 x 182.8 cm.)
A dewy morning on the mountains, Capel Curig, North Wales
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER. 1874.' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and numbered 'No 1 A dewy morning on the mountains, Capel Curig, North Wales B.W. Leader.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
50 x 72 in. (127 x 182.8 cm.)
Provenance
Sir James Reckitt (1833-1924), after 1887.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 20 November 1973, lot 121.
with Richard Green, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 20 November 1973, lot 121.
with Richard Green, London.
Literature
F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, pp. 28 & 35, no. 108.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Woodbridge, 1998, pp. 126 & 129.
R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923: His Life and Paintings, Woodbridge, 1998, pp. 126 & 129.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1874, no. 505.
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