The Victory Procession on the Thames, 1919 c. 1919-25
Oil on panel | 23.5 x 33.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405085
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This painting is a sketch of the Naval and Mercantile Pageant that took place on the Thames on August 4th, 1919 to commemorate the Allied Victory in the First World War. It was presumably acquired by Queen Mary whose hand-written label is on the back. It depicts the Royal Barge, followed by the Lord Mayor's Barge, leading a procession up the Thames. The procession has just passed under Old Chelsea Bridge with Victoria (or Grosvenor) Bridge just behind.
Four sketches of same event are at the National Maritime Museum. They were presented to the Museum by the artist in 1936.
A painting by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) of the same event was sold at Bonhams, on 22 March, 2011 (lot 174, King George's River Pageant, 1919).
The artist was the son of the landscape painter Cecil Gordon Lawson (1851-1882). The frame is by Chapman Brothers Ltd of Chelsea.Provenance
Presumably acquired by Queen Mary; first recorded in the Royal Collection in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
23.5 x 33.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
37.0 x 46.4 x 4.5 cm (frame, external)
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Royal Procession on the Thames, 1919