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


'Evening among the Surrey Pines' signed and dated 'B. W Leader. 1904.' (lower left); inscribed with title and artist's name 'No 3. Evening among the Surrey Pines B. W. Leader' (on the stretcher)oil on canvas91.4 x 143cm (36 x 56 5/16in).
|ProvenanceWiganthorpe Hall; sale, Henry Spencer & Sons Auctioneers, York, 23-25 October 1953, lot 55.Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).Thence by descent to the present owner. ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy, 1904, no. 184.LiteratureRoyal Academy Pictures, 1904 (illustrated p. 118). Frank Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, no. 562, p. 52.