A gleam before the storm signed and dated 'B.W.Leader.1901.' (lower left) oil on canvas 122.5 x 185cm (48 1/4 x 72 13/16in).
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Footnotes
PROVENANCE: Collection of Verney Ackroyd, presented by Dudley Ackroyd
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, 1901, no.175
Verney Ackroyd of Wells Springs, Leylands Lane, Heaton was a Bradford connoisseur and collector who bequeathed part of his collection to the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford in 1960.