Arrival of Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington at St James's Palace
Maker
(artist)
1800-1890
1800-1890
Title
Arrival of Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington at St James's Palace
Date of Production
(circa) 1851
Medium
graphite, watercolour, red bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Width: 19 cm
Width: 19 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.58
Mode of Acquisition
William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Eugène Lami was taught to paint in watercolour in his native France by Richard Parkes Bonington. Following the 1848 revolution he fled to England and for almost four years acted as a chronicler of royalty and high society. The contemporary French poet Charles Baudelaire described him as ‘the poet of dandyism, almost English in his love of things aristocratic’. This historical scene probably dates from 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, which opened on 1 May, the Duke of Wellington’s 82nd birthday.
Provenance
Mertz (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 18 August 1958; purchased there by William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 24 September 1958 (£65); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
Literature
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 74
ill. on p. 221
cat. no. 74
ill. on p. 221
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Eugèn LAmi.". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "2" written over a "6"; upper right, graphite: "37"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A23026".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Eugèn LAmi.". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "2" written over a "6"; upper right, graphite: "37"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A23026".
Collector's mark: none.
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