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Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923) A Bright Night, Goring on Thames Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1873 (lower right) 93.5 x 130cm (36¾ x 51 in.) Provenance: Agnew's, London, April 1873 (purchase at the Royal Academy) Baron Albert Grant, June 1873 His sale, Christie's, London, 28 April 1877, lot 121 Pilgeram Private collection, circa 1960 Sale, Sotheby's New York, 29 January 2010, lot 926, where purchased by the present owner's father. Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1873, no.398 Literature: B. W. Leader, Diary, 1873 B. W. Leader, Record of Paintings Sold, April 1873 Royal Academy Exhibition Catalogue, 1873 The Art Journal, July 1873, Vol XII, p.199 F. Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader R.A. London, 1971, p.35, no.98 R. Wood, Life and Paintings of Benjamin Williams Leader R.A. 1831-1923, London 1998, pages 47, 59, 117 (Endnote 38) 124, 128