Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Sir William Quiller Orchardson, R.A. (1832–1910), Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects, silver prize medal, of plaquette form, of the Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1897, by Baron Thomas Jules Vinçotte (1850–1925) for Maison Wolfers, winged Fame in diaphanous robe, blows her trumpet, leaning on arch through which a distant cityscape, named, 'ORCHARDSON, WILLIAM- QUILLER, R.A.', 70.5 x 82.5mm., 'V.P. and balance' mark on all four sides, has been lightly buffed, good very fine
The painting for which William Quiller Orchardson received this prize was a portrait of Mrs. Samuel Joseph (catalogue entry no. 38). Orchardson is best remembered today for the painting Napoleon on board the Bellepheron and the wonderfully moody The First Cloud. He was knighted in 1907.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (200-300 GBP)
The painting for which William Quiller Orchardson received this prize was a portrait of Mrs. Samuel Joseph (catalogue entry no. 38). Orchardson is best remembered today for the painting Napoleon on board the Bellepheron and the wonderfully moody The First Cloud. He was knighted in 1907.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (200-300 GBP)