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John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893) A moonlit lane, Roundhay image 1
John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893) A moonlit lane, Roundhay image 2
John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893) A moonlit lane, Roundhay image 3
Lot 45

John Atkinson Grimshaw
(British, 1836-1893)
A moonlit lane, Roundhay

27 September 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £89,300 inc. premium

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893)

A moonlit lane, Roundhay
signed and numbered 'Atkinson Grimshaw/3072 +' (lower right)
oil on board
55 x 43.5cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/8in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, UK.

The early 1870s witnessed in particular the development of the 'moonlights' which were to become synonymous with Grimshaw's name. The care which went into the best of these subjects was just as great as that taken by his early Pre-Raphaelite type of paintings.
(Alexander Robertson, Atkinson Grimshaw)

The present lot makes a fine addition to a group of paintings of Roundhay, painted by Grimshaw in the early 1870s. It closely relates to Tree shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay Park, Leeds, (1872, Leeds City Art Gallery), of which Alex Robertson writes 'moonlight floods down through a tangle of branches, casting shadows over the ... roadway. An eerie light pervades the whole composition', a description that could well be applied to the present lot. Other works in the series include Full Moon behind Cirrus Cloud from the Roundhay Park Castle Battlements and Waterloo Lake, Roundhay Park, Leeds (both 1872).

The Roundhay Park estate was purchased by the Leeds Corporation, with a view to it being opened as a public park, as part of the Leeds Improvement Bill. Grimshaw was commissioned to produce three works to show the appearance of the park and chose to depict the park under moonlight.1

We are grateful to Alexander Robertson for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

1Alexander Robertson, Atkinson Grimshaw, Oxford, 1988 pp. 35-38.

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