Benjamin Williams Leader - A Summer's Day ...

[A SUMMER'S DAY, WHEN THE SOUTH WIND CONGREGATES IN CROWDS, THE FLOATING MOUNTAINS OF
THE SILVER CLOUDS]

signed B. W. LEADER. and dated 1888 (lower left); inscribed No. 1, A Summer's Day, the Floating Mountains of the Silver Clouds
B. W. Leader on the stretcher
oil on canvas
50 by 85 in.
127 by 216 cm

ESTIMATE 150,000 - 200,000 USD

London, Royal Academy, 1888, no. 638

Frank Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923, Leigh-on-Sea, 1971, p. 42
Ruth Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1831-1923, His Life and Paintings, Suffolk, 1998, p. 129