William Hamilton
Edwy and Elgiva: A Scene from Saxon History

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Artist William Hamilton British, 1751–1801

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

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

218 Blaffer Galleries

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCommissioned by Robert Bowyer for his Historic Gallery, c. 1792–1793; [Peter Coxe, London, Historic Gallery sale, May 29, 1807, no. 48]; unknown until [Christie’s, London, May 3, 1985, no. 83 (as by Richard Westall, “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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