William Hamilton
Edwy and Elgiva: A Scene from Saxon History

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Edwy and Elgiva: A Scene from Saxon History
Date1793
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 78 1/4 × 61 in. (198.8 × 154.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 87 1/4 × 68 3/4 in. (221.6 × 174.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1986.13
Non exposé

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ProvenanceCommissioned by Robert Bowyer for his Historic Gallery, c. 1792–1793; [Historic Gallery sale, Peter Coxe, London, May 29, 1807, lot 48]; [Christie’s, London, May 3, 1985, lot 83, as by Richard Westall, and as "A Scene from a play, possibly the Archbishop of Salerno relating to Anselmo his vision of the preceding night from Act I of the Father’s Revenge by the Earl of Carlisle"]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1986.
Exhibition History"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower right (damaged): … Hamilton P/1793[?]

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