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The Bowlers

Publisher: Gambart and CompanyPrintmaker: Simmons, William Henry · 1811-1882Primary artist: Harvey, George, Sir, PPRSA RSA · 1806-1876

The Bowlers

Harvey's original oil of 1850, titled Village Bowlers, was exhibited that year at the RA and in 1852 at the Liverpool Academy. It was purchased by the…

Harvey's original oil of 1850, titled Village Bowlers, was exhibited that year at the RA and in 1852 at the Liverpool Academy. It was purchased by the Liverpool art collector John Miller who lent it to the 1853 RSA Annual Exhibition (cat. 56). It subsequently passed into the collection of Sir Donald Currie who gifted it to the NGS in 1907 (NG949)

G W Friend's 'An Alphabetical List of Engravings Declared at the office of The printsellers' Assocaition London....Since its Establishment in 1847 to the end of 1891 (London, 1892) records; p.35 "Bowlers (The); Artist - Sir George Harvey PRSA; Engraver - W H SImmons; Mezzotint 29 1/2 by 15 inches; States - Artists proof 50 (impressions declared) £8.8/- (price per print); Presentation 25; Before Letters 25 £6.6/-; Lettered Proofs 25 £4.4/-' Prints £2.2/-; Published by Gambart & Co, 7 April 1852."