Crepuscular Rays
£7,000
‘Crepuscular Rays’ by Henry Dawson RBA (1811-1878).
The painting – which depicts shipping off the English coast at sunset – is signed by the artist and dated 1863.
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Between 1838 and 1875 Henry Dawson exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Liverpool Academy, the Portland Gallery, and the Royal Society of British Artists to which he was elected a full member in 1875. His hugely skillful paintings earned him the patronage of several of the most important art collectors of Victorian Britain including James Orrock, John Miller, and John Burton. Following the death of J.M.W. Turner in 1851, Burton told Henry Dawson that his “powers are not equalled by any living or working man."
- More about the life and career of Henry Dawson can be found at the News & Articles page of the Academy Fine Paintings website.
In 2000 Dawson's 1857 painting of a sunset over ‘The New Houses of Parliament, Westminster’ sold at Phillips in London for £185,000. Today, works by Dawson feature in the collections of the Walker Gallery in Liverpool and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Dimensions: (framed) 68cm x 93cm (26¾ x 36½”)
Dimensions: (canvas only) 52cm x 77cm (20½” x 30¼”)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Provenance: Christie's, London, 7th March 2002. Private Italian collection.
Literature: ‘The Life of Henry Dawson, Landscape Painter’ (1891) by Alfred Dawson.
Presentation: Fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Condition: Very good. Professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.