Edmund Blair Leighton

Louis Wolff & Co. (acquired directly from the artist)
The Toner family, England
Gifted by the above to Monsignor Tom Toner, until 2012

The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: This work seems to have been quite recently cleaned. The canvas is unlined and the stretcher is original. There are no damages. There are no retouches visible under ultraviolet light, and it seems highly unlikely that there are any. The work is in beautiful state and should be hung as is.
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The setting for this painting is near Kirby Cane, Norfolk, along the river Waveny where Blair Leighton kept a summer home. The artist had situated earlier compositions in this same setting, and similar cost.mes s are included in Ribbons and Laces for Very Pretty Faces  (1902, Private collects ion), Garden of Poppies (1898, Private collects ion) and Elopement (1893, Private collects ion).