A painted sketch signed Ey. Crowe, December 14th-15th 1896, will be sold by Tennants Auctioneers of Leyburn on 16 August. It is described as ‘after Eyre Crowe’, but would on the face of it seem to be a painted sketch of the scene at Leeds Crown Court which was afterwards worked up into the finished oil painting Trial for Bigamy, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897. On the back is pasted a black and white photograph of the 1897 painting as published in ‘Royal Academy Pictures’.
Reverse side of painting for sale through Tennants auctioneers, 2024
Eyre Crowe (1824-1910) 