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June 0914, 2018
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LOT 332

Lot 332

William Meadows (1825-1901)

William Meadows (1825-1901)
Lot 332 Details
William Meadows (1825-1901), British

LORD BYRON’S PALACE; CANAL RIALTO, VENICE

Pair of oils on canvas; each titled in pencil to the stretcher, the second indistinctly
20 x 30.25 in — 50.8 x 76.8 cm

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $2,400
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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William Meadows (1825-1901)
  • William Meadows (1825-1901)
  • William Meadows (1825-1901)
  • William Meadows (1825-1901)
  • William Meadows (1825-1901)
  • William Meadows (1825-1901)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto

Note:

Lord Byron lived in Venice from 1816-1819, and was enraptured by it. The city was, he wrote, ‘the greenest island of my imagination’, a place that had soon established itself as his ‘head, or rather my heart, quarters.’ His extended stay in the city was marked by spirited physicality - from four hour swims from the Lido to San Marco and up the Grand Canal, to myriad trysts and sexual liaisons. From 1818, he lived at the Palazzo Moncenigo, accompanied by 14 servants, two monkeys, a fox, and two mastiffs; it’s here that he composed the first songs of his masterwork, Don Juan. William Meadows here captures the poet’s home with the romance and bleary eyed sociality of its occupant: lit by the morning sun, the city is coming alive after a long, hectic night.

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