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Edwin Long, R.A. (1829-1891)
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Edwin Long, R.A. (1829-1891)

Gibraltar; from the series 'Daughters of Our Empire' High on the Rock that fronts the sea Stands alone our fortress key Lady of the Southern main

已结束2012年12月13日

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Edwin Long, R.A. (1829-1891)
Gibraltar; from the series 'Daughters of Our Empire'

High on the Rock that fronts the sea
Stands alone our fortress key
Lady of the Southern main
signed with monogram and dated '18/86' (lower right) and with inscription ''Gibralter'/by/Edwin Long R.A./One of the series of 'Beauty' pictures/copyright registered to Thomas Agnew and Sons.' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
41 x 32 in. (104.2 x 81.2 cm.)

Purchased from the artist by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 11 February 1887 (£600).
Where purchased by J. Reisearch, 20 June 1888 (£650).
with Cooling Galleries, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 2004, lot 137, where purchased by the present owner.

专家说明

This picture was one of a series of twenty commissioned by the London dealers Agnew's to celebrate the Royal Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Various 'Daughters of Empire' were depicted in their national costumes. These included Aden; Bethlehem; India; Wales; Australia; Canada; Cyprus (Ancient: Love's Messenger, and Modern); Egypt; England: the Parson's Daughter, The Violet, The Rose (a portrait of Princess May of Teck, later Queen Mary, wife of King George V), The Primrose, The Little Sister of the Poor; Ireland; Jamaica; Malta; Scotland and Trinidad.