The Picture Gallery, Stafford House [now Lancaster House]

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

James Digman Wingfield painted landscapes, genre and historical subjects, as well as interiors and park scenes. He exhibited his work at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists for over 30 years. Wingfield lived in the Bloomsbury area of London for much of his life, but later moved to Chelsea. His studio sale was arranged through Christie, Manson & Wood (now known as Christie's) in July 1872 and held a few months after his death. The sale contained numerous copies of works of Old Masters by the artist - a field in which he evidently excelled.

Places

England, London, Lancaster House

Subjects

painting (as Subject), playing, genre, Victorian Genre, baby, woman, 19th century costume, governess, family, chandelier, mirror, child, gallery, ceiling, domestic interior, cabinet, cushion, chair, gallery space

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

James Digman Wingfield (1800 - 1872)

Title

The Picture Gallery, Stafford House [now Lancaster House]

Date

1848

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 87.00 cm, width: 117.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sotheby's, 11 July 1990

Inscription

sdbr: J. D. Wingfield / 1848

Provenance

Collection of the artist; by whom presented to private collector; by descent to grandson of the collector; by whom sold through Sotheby's, London, 'British Paintings' sale, on 11 July 1990 (Lot 113); from which sale purchased by the Government Art Collection

GAC number

16745