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Edwin Buckman (1841-1930)
"Home from Foreign Service" dated 1887
Watercolour with white bodycolour | 26.8 x 19.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 913391
Edwin Buckman (1841-1930)
"Home from Foreign Service" dated 1887
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A watercolour depicting a sailor with his two children beside the new snow-covered grave of his wife. Signed and dated "E Buckman / 87". Buckman was a genre painter and engraver who, according to 'Who Was Who', "directed the art studies" of the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra) and her daughters. A drawing lesson with 'Mr Buckman' is recorded in the engagement diary of Princess Alexandra for 12 March 1883.
Provenance
Royal Watercolour Society Golden Jubilee gift, 1877
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour with white bodycolour
Measurements
26.8 x 19.3 cm (whole object)
Category
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 13391
