Loading
The Life of Buckingham
Augustus Leopold Egg (British, 1816-c. 1863)c. 1855
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Augustus Leopold Egg’s The Life of Buckingham depicts a fictional moment in the debauched, roguish life of George Villiers (1628–1687), 2nd Duke of Buckingham (seated at the center, wearing white). Although the scene is invented,
the merrymakers and courtesans depicted around the table (among them King Charles II, to Buckingham’s right) were characters the duke would have personally known and were familiar to Victorian audiences who delighted in the
cautionary tale of excess.
Show lessRead more
Download this artwork (provided by The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Learn more about this artwork.
Details
- Title: The Life of Buckingham
- Creator: Augustus Leopold Egg (British, 1816-c. 1863)
- Date Created: c. 1855
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 54.1 x 64.5 x 10.2 cm (21 5/16 x 25 3/8 x 4 in.); Unframed: 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 15 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: by 1865 - 1876: James Dugdale (1813-1876), Wroxall Abbey, Warwick, 1876 - 1927: by descent to his son James Broughton Dugdale (1855-1927), 1927: James Broughton Dugdale sale, Christie's, June 24, 1927, (lot 133 with 134), 1927 - ?: "bt. Martin and Sampson, respectively The Toast of the King and The Death Chamber, both for total price of £25 4s [Christie's notes say 24 gns to Harrison with lot 134; research ongoing], ?: with Anthony Hordern, Sydney, Australia [research ongoing], ? - 2014:hitherto undisclosed American private collection [research ongoing], 2014: bought in at Christie's London "Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art" sale on June 17, 2014 (lot 13), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.373
- Medium: oil on board
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: England, 19th century, Victorian
- Credit Line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Collection: Paintings
- Accession Number: 2014.373
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
