It is now over two years since I began it and I have been at it pretty well all the time, but I must not grumble because those who have seen it say it is a success. The following day the artist reported to his friend George Henschel that it would be delivered to the buyer 'this afternoon (and) will be a load from my conscience. The picture was begun in 1898 for the financier Sir Ernest Cassel, but not completed until 17 January 1901. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1990, p. Swanson, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1977, p. Rudolf Dircks, 'The Later Works of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., R.W.S.', Art Journal, Christmas supplement, 1910, p. Spielmann, The Franco-British Exhibition: Illustrated Review, London, 1908, p. Isidore Spielmann, The Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908, illustrated facing p. Percy Cross Standing, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., London, 1905, p. III - The Figure Subjects', Magazine of Art, 1901, p. Spielmann, 'At the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1901. 14.įrank Rinder, 'The Royal Academy of 1901', Art Journal, 1901, p. Malcolm Bell, Royal Academy Yearbook, 1901, illustrated p. Henry Blackburn (ed.), The Academy Notes 1901, London, 1901, pp. Letter from the artist to George Henschel, 18 January 1901 (Heslop Library, Birmingham University).
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