Edmund Wilson (1831-1934) driving his Tandem
Edward Benjamin Herberte (1857-1893)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1879 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
394 x 597 mm (15 1/2 x 23 1/2 in)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884992
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edmund Wilson (1831-1934) driving his Tandem by Edward Benjamin Herberte (1857-1893) signed and dated: E. B. Herberte 1879. A view of a black and red phaeton with two black horses and dalmation in a landscape with a river running alongside form the left to the middle distance. The driver, Edmund Wilson, is wearing a black coat and a grey hat.
Provenance
From the bequest of Mr. Reginald B. Wilson, St. Leonards, Hastings, Sussex in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Signed and dated: E.B.HERBERTE/1879 - bottom left hand corner Verso: Inscribed in chalk on back of canvas: Frame damaged Verso: Canvas stamp of Winsor & Newton, 38 Rathbone Place Verso: On luggage label on back of inner frame and stretcher: Edmund Wilson Esquire / Driving his Tandem Verso: In a later hand: Born in Eccles Lancashire / on 26th Sept 1851 / died in Hastings 21 Oct. 1934
Makers and roles
Edward Benjamin Herberte (1857-1893), artist