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Maurice William Greiffenhagen, RA, British 1862-1931-  Prince Edward of Wales on his first...

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Lot 469

Maurice William Greiffenhagen, RA, 
British 1862-1931- 
Prince Edward of Wales on his first...

Price Realised: £262

Estimate: £200 - £300

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Maurice William Greiffenhagen, RA, 
British 1862-1931- 

Prince Edward of Wales on his first riding lesson; 

watercolour and bodycolour on board, signed and indistinctly dated 'MAURICE / GRIEFFENHAGEN ... 19[?]' (lower right), 47.2 x 39.4 cm., (unframed). 

Provenance: 
Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
The present work was reproduced as an illustration in 'The Sphere' on 4th October 1902 (Vol. XI, No. 141) with the caption 'Prince Edward gave a special sitting to Mr. Maurice Greiffenhagen. His equestrian tutor is the head of the King's stables. The prince is riding a Basuto pony which was brought home from South Africa by Prince Francis of Teck'. Prince Edward of Wales was the future King Edward VIII (1894-1972), and Prince Francis of Teck (1870-1910) was his uncle, as the brother of Edward's mother, Queen consort Mary of Teck (1867-1953). 
 

Greiffenhagen worked as a painter, illustrator and graphic designer and taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1906 to 1926. His output was widely varied, ranging from stylised graphic work, to more formal, restrained portraits, and to his somewhat fantastical mythical and allegorical scenes. One of his most celebrated works amongst contemporaries was his sensual and atmospheric 1891 painting 'An Idyll', which inspired the 1911 novel 'The White Peacock' by D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930).  

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