Edmund Bristow
A pub brawl between two monkeys; A monkey soldier cheating at cards; A monkey soldier threatening an old, rich monkey with a dagger and♒ a pistol
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December 16, 03:11 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Edmund Bristow
Windsor 1787 - 1876
A pub brawl between two monkeys; A monkey soldier cheating at cards; A monkey soldier threatening an old, rich monkey with a dagger and a pistol
a set of three, all oil on panel
unframed:
8.3 x 10.9 cm.; 3¼ x 4¼ in.
8.5 x 11.3 cm.; 3⅜ x 4½ in
8.3 x 10.7 cm.; 3¼ x 4¼ in.
framed:
17 x 19 cm.; 6¾x 7½ in.
16 x 18.5 cm.; 6⅜ x 7¼ in.
16.5 x 19.1 cm.; 6½ x7½ in.
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The eccentric British artist Edmund Bristow spent much of his life working in Windsor and Eton, where he specialised in painting animals and sporting scenes. It was here that he was appointed court painter to the Duke of Clarence, who later became King William IV (r. 1830–1837). ♉Between 1809 and 1838 Bristow exhibited a num💧ber of works at both the Royal Academy and the British Institution.
This playful series of three small singeries (a type of humorous picture in which monkeys imitate humans) depicts (in order) a pub brawl between two monkeys; a monkey cheating at cards; and a monkey threatening a wealthy monkey with a dagger. A similarly moralising series, with works of comparable dimensions, is at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridge.1
1 Edmund Bristow, A Set of Four Singeries, oil on board, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. See