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Alfred Dixon, British 1842-1919-  In the armoury;  oil on canvas, signed with monogram and dated...

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Lot 323

Alfred Dixon, 
British 1842-1919- 
In the armoury; 
oil on canvas, signed with monogram and dated...

Price Realised: £394

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 323

Description

Alfred Dixon, 
British 1842-1919- 

In the armoury; 

oil on canvas, signed with monogram and dated 'AD 68' (lower right), 35.5 x 46 cm. 

Provenance: 
Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
The present work is a characteristic example of Dixon's genre scenes, which often depict figures in historical dress. It recalls, for example, his 'Artists at 'The Mermaid' in Mumbles' in the Swansea Museum Collections Centre [SM 1924.7] and another depiction of an armoury which sold at Christie's, London, on 8 November 2001, lot 251 (£1,880). Dixon was the father of the marine painter Charles Dixon (1872-1934). 

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