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William Boxall
19th Century portrait of Robert Bevan oil on canvas by William Boxall

circa 1850

$4,031.46
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€3,457.40
CA$5,585.05
A$5,637.65
CHF 3,239.41
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NOK 37,494.55
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Robert Cooper Lee Bevan by William Boxall Provenance: Robert Bevan: Banking, Wealth and Respectability in Victorian Britain Oil on Canvas Unsigned Circa 1850 Picture Size: 36 x 28" (90 x 70cm) Framed Size: 43 x 35" (107 x 87) Sir William Boxall RA (29 June 1800 – 6 December 1879) English painter and museum director. He was born at Oxford on 29 June 1800, and baptised 29 July at St Michael's Church, to Thomas Boxall (d. 1847) and his wife Diana (nee Perrett, d.1841). He had an older sister Anne (1794–1846) and a younger sister Emma (1807–1850). He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School), before entering the Royal Academy Schools in 1819. Between 1827 and 1845 he made a number of trips to Italy to study the old masters. Initially hoping to make his name as a history painter, Boxall later had to turn to the more lucrative genre of portraiture. Among his friends were William Wordsworth, whose portrait he painted, the sculptor John Gibson and the painter Sir Edwin Landseer. He was the executor of the will of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, his predecessor as Director of the National Gallery. Following his appointment in February 1866, as the director of the National Gallery, Boxall practically gave up painting. His directorship lasted eight years, during which he oversaw the construction of Edward Middleton Barry's celebrated eastern extension. In 1869, Boxall negotiated the purchase of Sir Robert Peel's collection of Flemish and Dutch paintings for £7,500. With this purchase the Dutch Golden Age became one of the strengths in the Gallery's holdings. Both of the Gallery's paintings by Michelangelo were bought by Boxall, The Entombment in 1868 and the Manchester Madonna in 1870. The authenticity of the former was called into question by the House of Lords in 1869, but is now generally regarded to be genuine. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1851 and a full Royal Academician (RA) in 1863. He was knighted in 1867.
  • Creator:
    William Boxall (1800 - 1879, British)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1850
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 43 in (109.22 cm)Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
    Oil,Canvas
  • Movement & Style:
    English School
  • Period:
    1850-1859
  • Condition:
    The painting is in a very good gold leaf frame. It has had a clean and a reline.
  • Gallery Location:
    St. Albans, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2469218484742

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