Sold for $625

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Lot Description

Benjamin Williams Leader

(British, 1831-1923)

Herding Sheep

, 1891

oil on canvas

signed B. W. Leader and dated (lower left)

14 x 21 inches.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
The Antiquarians Building, Chicago (label verso)

Condition Report

Framed: 18 5/8 x 25 3/4 inches.

Canvas fully lined; craquelure throughout; small areas of loss along right edge, the largest lower right; some small areas of retouching; lifting paint above signature, lower left; remnants of old varnish in sky visible under black light; some keys missing.

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