Edward Villiers Rippingille
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Lot Closed
December 16, 03:08 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Edward Villiers Rippingille
King's Lynn 1798 - 1859 Birmingham
Figures eating and drinking in the grounds of Ranelagh Gardens
oil on canvas
unframed: 71.5 x 92 cm.; 28⅛ x 36¼ in.;
framed: 83.2 x 103.7 x 32¾ 40⅞ in.
Anonymous sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 18 March 1961, lot 271;
Joseph A. Patrick, USA;
The Centre for Early Furniture and Art Ltd., North Yorkshire, 20 November 2016, lot 26.
A member of the Bristol School, Edward Villiers Rippingille was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy. In 1824, he exhibited his most famous work, The Stage Coach Breakfast (National Trust, Clevedon Court, North Somerset), which includes portraits of leading literary figures William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, among others.1 Here, the artist paints a playful scene of men, women and children enjoying each other's company in Ranelagh Gardens, the p🌺ublic pleasure grounds located on a site just east of t꧃he Royal Hospital in Chelsea.
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