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Provenance:

John Aird, Hyde Park Terrace- London;
The Fine family of Toronto where the painting hung at Julie’s Mansion, Toronto in the 1960’s to 1970’s;
By descent to the present, Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

Henry Blackburn ed., “Academy Notes with one hundred and forthy three illustrations, facsimile of Sketches by the Artists, 1883” London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly; lllustrated on p. 31, No. 340

“The Royal Academy”, The Building News and Engineering Journal, Vol 46, May 18, 1884, p. 741

“Philip Hermogenes Calderon. Morning”. R.E.W. Art, 2012

Exhibited:

Royal Academy, 1884, Cat. No. 340

Note:

According to Calderon’s studio records, this work was one of eight paintings he executed for the residence of Civil Engineer, Sir John Aird (1833-1911) of Hyde Park Terrace, London in 1891.

This large canvas hung in Mr. Aird’s dining room along with the seven other works in the “Calderon Room”, all of which were exhibited at the Royal Academy. This work being the companion work to the canvas “Morning. Hark Hark! The Lark at Heaven’s Gate Sings” was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1885 and sold in this salesroom on November 13, 2003, lot 298.

In “Academy Notes”, the painting is described as “a nearly life size figure in dark blue robe, with background of night sky, one of a series which includes ‘The Olive’ and ‘The Vine’ exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880”.

“Night” is also described in “The Building News and Engineering Journal”; “According to Philip H. Calderon, ‘Night’ (no. 340) sits enthroned as ‘Empress of Silence and Queen of Sleep’ thoughtful and calm in white dress, with a dark robe over it, a beautiful personification”