id: 171588
accession number: 2014.373
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The Life of Buckingham, c. 1855. Augustus Leopold Egg (British, 1816-c. 1863). Oil on board ; framed: 54.1 x 64.5 x 10.2 cm (21 5/16 x 25 3/8 x 4 in.); unframed: 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2014.373
title: The Life of Buckingham
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creation date: c. 1855
creation date earliest: 1850
creation date latest: 1900
current location: 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture: England, 19th century, Victorian
technique: oil on board
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Paintings
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Augustus Leopold Egg (British, 1816-c. 1863) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 54.1 x 64.5 x 10.2 cm (21 5/16 x 25 3/8 x 4 in.); Unframed: 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 15 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)
opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00
British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
by 1865 - 1876: James Dugdale (1813-1876), Wroxall Abbey, Warwick
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1876 - 1927: by descent to his son James Broughton Dugdale (1855-1927)
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1927: James Broughton Dugdale sale, Christie's, June 24, 1927, (lot 133 with 134)
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1927 - ?: "bt. Martin and Sampson, respectively The Toast of the King and The Death Chamber, both for total price of £25 4s [Christie's notes say 24 gns to Harrison with lot 134; research ongoing]
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?: with Anthony Hordern, Sydney, Australia [research ongoing]
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? - 2014:hitherto undisclosed American private collection [research ongoing]
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2014: bought in at Christie's London "Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art" sale on June 17, 2014 (lot 13)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Temple, A. G. The Art of Painting in the Queen's Reign; Being a Glance at Some of the Painters and Paintings of the British School During the Last Sixty Years. London, United Kingdom: Chapman and Hall, 1897.
page number: Mentioned: p. 54-55
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Faberman, Hilarie. Augustus Leopold Egg, R.A. (1816-1863). Thesis PhD Cambridge, MA:Yale University, 1983, 1985.
page number: Mentioned: p. 488-489
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