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Lot 42W

10 July 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (British, 1831-1923)

Evening, Worcester-clearing up after rain
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1886.' (lower left), signed and inscribed with title in pencil on stretcher
oil on canvas
76 x 122cm (29 15/16 x 48 1/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
with Arthur Tooth, purchased directly from the artist, May 1886 for £275.00
Sale, Christie's London, 11 March 1900, lot 25, purchased by Mitchell
with Cooling Galleries, June 1921
Sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, 18 April 1978, lot 191
with Richard Green Fine Paintings, London
Private collection, UK

We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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