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WILLIAM ARTHUR WAITE (British, active 1875-1896) A Flowery Nook framed 164.5 x 112.0 x 13.0 cm (...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WAITE (British, active 1875-1896) A Flowery Nook signed 'W.A. Waite.' (lower left); inscribed 'A Flowery Nook / William A. Waite / Grosvener Chambers Broad St. / corner Birmingham' on a handwritten label from the Institute of Painters of Oil Colours (affixed to the reverse of the frame); inscribed with a verse (on the reverse); inscribed 'William A. Waite / Grosvenor Chambers / Broad St. Corner / BIRMINGHAM' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 127.0 x 76.0 cm (50 x 29 15/16 in). framed 164.5 x 112.0 x 13.0 cm (64 13/16 x 44 1/8 x 5 1/8 in). Footnotes: N.B. The verse inscribed on the reverse of the canvas, which is an excerpt from The Castle of Indolence by James Thomson (Scottish, 1700-1748), reads: 'Sleep soothing groves & quiet lawns between / And flowery beds that slumberous influence kest / From poppies breathed & beds of pleasant green.' / Thomson. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
WILLIAM ARTHUR WAITE (British, active 1875-1896) A Flowery Nook signed 'W.A. Waite.' (lower left); inscribed 'A Flowery Nook / William A. Waite / Grosvener Chambers Broad St. / corner Birmingham' on a handwritten label from the Institute of Painters of Oil Colours (affixed to the reverse of the frame); inscribed with a verse (on the reverse); inscribed 'William A. Waite / Grosvenor Chambers / Broad St. Corner / BIRMINGHAM' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 127.0 x 76.0 cm (50 x 29 15/16 in). framed 164.5 x 112.0 x 13.0 cm (64 13/16 x 44 1/8 x 5 1/8 in). Footnotes: N.B. The verse inscribed on the reverse of the canvas, which is an excerpt from The Castle of Indolence by James Thomson (Scottish, 1700-1748), reads: 'Sleep soothing groves & quiet lawns between / And flowery beds that slumberous influence kest / From poppies breathed & beds of pleasant green.' / Thomson. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing