2015 Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/12/2015
'The Golfers: A Grand Match Played Over the St. Andrews Links' - Black and White Engraving by Charles E. Wagstaffe
Engraving by Charles E. Wagstaffe after the original oil painting by Charles Lees. 21x34 image on a 25x36 overall sheet. Printed by W. Wolding, Edin. The work shows a moment captured from the 1841 Royal & Ancient annual meeting. The scene depicts the encounter between Sir David Baird and Sir Ralph Anstruther playing against Major Playfair and John Campbell. Dozens of other well known golfers can be identified by the key made at the time of painting. The original painting by Charles Lees was finished in 1847 and measured 4'3"x7'. Three years later, as presented here, Charles Wagstaff's black-and-white line engraving was published by Hill in 1850. Some prints were then colored.
Frame measures 4ft 1" x 3ft 2", the engraving measures 37" x 26"
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