FDA-D.340-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.340-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Two Roe Deer
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Exquisitely painted, this is an early work by William's contemporary, to which he may well have referred when he later came to paint his own sporting picures of Blair Atholl after 1847. William indeed records that he began the year 1856 'drawing Roe Deer'. Lewis made his name as a painter of wild animals, and won his first commission painting George IV's menagerie in Windsosr Great Park, where William probably met him, around 1826. Both men were also influenced by Edwin Landseer's depiction of animals, and much later William told the Duchess of Athole that Landseer's 'young deer are beautifully painted' after seeing his 1849 exhibition pictures (Blair Atholl Box 61/bundle 16.)
Other number
DS 47
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 341mm
width (actual size): 282mm
width (actual size): 282mm
Materials & techniques note
black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour
Production
Person
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804 - 1876 (Artist)
Date
c.1825
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of William Evans; by descent to Mary Walklyn, his daughter
Exhibited: Loan Exhibition, Windsor, 1881; 'William Evans of Eton', Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, 1998, catalogue number 18; 'Humphrey Ocean: Fresh as Paint', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 9 June to 30 October 2022, catalogue number 2
Exhibited: Loan Exhibition, Windsor, 1881; 'William Evans of Eton', Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, 1998, catalogue number 18; 'Humphrey Ocean: Fresh as Paint', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 9 June to 30 October 2022, catalogue number 2
References
• Ryan, H., Hidden Treasures, W.S. Fine Art exhibition catalogue, 2010 (catalogue number 27, page 64)
