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Head Study of Queen CarolineBy Charles Robert Leslie, RA (1794-1859)Oil on panel, a painted oval 12âe? x 9 ½âe?In the original frame with spandrelProvenance:Painted in 1858. With Agnews. Joseph Birch, of LiverpoolJohn Naylor, of Leighton Hall, WelshpoolBy descent to J Murray Naylor, by whom sold,Christieâe(tm)s, Leighton Hall, 19-23 January 1923 and bought by the dealer Sampson Charles Leslie was born in London and went to America aged six. He studied art, initially in Philadelphia under the portraitist George Sully, and then, back in England, at the R.A. Schools. Leslieâe(tm)s first exhibit at the Royal Academy, shown when he was 19, was a scene from Macbeth and this type of historical genre was typical of the pictures he showed almost every succeeding year until his death forty years later. Charles Leslie showed a total of 76 works at the R.A., was elected an Academician in 1825 and served as Professor of Art from 1847-52. He was also an accomplished portrait painter and executed two pictures for Queen Victoria, but is perhaps best know as Constableâe(tm)s friend and their correspondence provides the best record of his life. Leslie was also a friend of Sir Walter Scott, for whom he provided many illustrations to The Waverley Novels.Scott gave Leslie his last commission, a scene from The Heart of Midlothian, Vol. II, Chapter 21, where Jeanie Dean, having walked from Edinburgh to London, finds Queen Caroline in the gardens of Kensington Palace and pleads for a pardon for her sister, Effie, convicted of murdering her illegitimate child. âe~Queen Caroline and Jeanie Deanâe(tm), measuring 39âe? x 33âe?, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1859. It was bought by Joseph Birch, a noted collector from Liverpool, together with this picture, which is a finished sketch of the model Leslie used for the head of the Queen, who is depicted wearing exactly the same costume seen in the finished picture. Leslie also produced another sketch, the same size as this one, showing his concept for the overall composition, and was sold at Christieâe(tm)s in 1869 for £126. Probably during the 1860âe(tm)s this picture was purchased by John Naylor (1813-89), a highly successful Liverpool businessman who was also High Sheriff of Montgomery. He formed an outstanding collection of the most prominent artists of his day and owned eight major Turners, Gainsboroughâe(tm)s âe~The Pink Boyâe(tm) and many other very important pictures. Much of his collection was sold in 1910 , but this remained with the family until 1923, when there was another large sale lasting four days.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: s45300i14180 |
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Year:
unknown
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| Country:
UNITED KINGDOM |
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| Title:
Painting |
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