Benjamin Williams Leader

Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (British, 1831-1923) A barley field near Capel Curig, North Wales signed and dated 'B.W. Leader 1872' (lower right) oil on canvas 34 1/4 x 54in (87.6 x 137.1cm) PROVENANCE: Hahn & Son, London; Cooling Galleries, London, purchased from the above, 1966; Sir Edward Avert Bt. (inscribed on a label on the stretcher); with Galerias Iturbide, Mexico City; private collection, Mexico City; from whom purchased by the present owner. A study for the present lot titled A Welsh barley field near Capel Curig and dated 1872 was sold at Bonhams London 25 January 2012, lot 125.

Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923) Parting Day, 'The weary sun has made a golden set, And, by the bright track of the fiery car, Gives token of a goodly day tomorrow'. signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER.1883' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'Parting Day. B.W. Leader' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 26 x 42 in. (66 x 106.7 cm.) Sold to Agnew's by the artist in March 1883, £250.00. With G. Palmer M.P. from July 1883. Gooden & Fox; Christie's, London, 16 July 1948, Lot 149. Artist's Records of Paintings Sold 1883. R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923, His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1998, p.126. Painted in the year that the artist became an Associate of the Royal Academy, this is a finished study of his 1883 Royal Academy Exhibit, no.98.

Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (British, 1831-1923) 'Llyn Idwal North Wales' signed 'B. W. Leader 1860' (lower left); signed and inscribed verso and signed and inscribed label verso oil on board 19 x 28cm (7 1/2 x 11in). Exhibited: Birmingham, Society of Artists, 1860 (no. 254) Provenance: Sold by Leader to Waters in 1861 for £4.00 Sold at Christie's 16 February 1945, lot 95 We are very grateful to Dr Ruth Wood for her assistance in cataloguing this picture.

Lot Description Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923) The last gleam signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1879' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'no.2 The Last Gleam B.W.Leader' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 38 x 60 in. (96.5 x 152.4 cm.) Special Notice VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium. Lot Condition Report I confirm that I have read this Important Notice and agree to its terms. View Condition Report Provenance Sold by by the artist to W.W. Boulton 1879 for 350.00. with Arthur Tooth. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1971, Lot 38. With M. Newman, London 1971. Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 26 July 1974, lot 213. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1981, lot 71. Frost & Reed, London 1982. Literature Artist's Dairy and Records of Paintings Sold 1779. Illustrated London News 7 June 1879. Worcester Society of Arts Catalogue 1882. Art Annual (The Art Journal) 1901, page 32. The Strand Magazine June 1892, page 599. F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, p. 37, no. 154. R. Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923, His Life and Paintings, Antique Collector's Club, 1998, p.129. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1879, no. 964. Worcester Society of Arts 1882, No.95. Lent by W.W. Boulton. View Lot Notes ›

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