Hesperus the Evening Star, Sacred to Lovers (Tennyson)
Printmaker: Simmons, William Henry · 1811-1882Publisher: Hill, Alexander · 1800-1866
Paton was working on drawings for this painting at Lamlash on the Isle of Arran in 1856. The original oil is painted on millboard, signed and dated 1857, and was purchased by Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow in 1903. it was exhibited at the RSA (1857, cat 230) lent by Alexander Hill, and at the RA (1860, cat 316). The subject matter appears to come from Tennyson [?Idylls of the King]
Hill purchased Paton's oil painting with a view to having it engraved and lent the picture to the RSA Annual Exhibition in 1857.
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Date 1863 Accession 1995.081 Materials Support paper Dimensions 69.6cm x 52.4cm Medium Engraving, mixed method -
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