Canadian Fine Art Auction

November 27, 2013

LOT 140

Lot 140

FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, O.S.A., R.C.A.

FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, O.S.A., R.C.A.
Lot 140 Details
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, O.S.A., R.C.A.

QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE, 1897

watercolour
signed
16.5 ins x 24.5 ins; 41.9 cms x 62.2 cms

Estimate $6,000-$8,000

Realised: $4,720
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, O.S.A., R.C.A.
  • FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, O.S.A., R.C.A.
  • FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH, O.S.A., R.C.A.
Literature:

Roger Boulet, Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1846-1923), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1977, page 81, plate 51 for a closely related oil of this subject, reproduced.

Note:

On September 23, 1896, Queen Victoria surpassed her father George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history. Her diamond jubilee, which occurred the following year, was therefore cause for enormous celebration and pageantry. Bell-Smith went to Britain for the occasion in order to capture in paint this historic moment. A watercolour of this subject was exhibited by him at the Royal Canadian Academy annual exhibition in Toronto in 1898.

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