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George Henry (1858-1943) - On the Banks of Allan Water : Autumn
Oil on canvas. Painted in 1888.
43.75 x 41 inches, 111 x 104 cm. Estimate: £20,000-30,000.
To be sold Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 26 Sept 2024.
Second part of a triptych to illustrate On the Banks of Allan Water, a popular song, the three works were installed in a mansion house and have not been seen in public before.
On the Banks of Allan Water When the sweet springtime did fall Was the miller’s lovely daughter, Fairest of them all, For his bride a soldier sought her, And a winning tongue had he! On the Banks of Allan Water, None so gay as she.
On the Banks of Allan Water, When brown Autumn spreads its store There I saw the Miller’s daughter, But she smiled no more. For the summer grief had brought her And her soldier, false was he; On the Banks of Allan Water, None so sad as she.
On the Banks of Allan Water, When the winter snow fell fast, There I saw the Miller’s daughter; Chilling blew the blast, But the miller’s lovely daughter, Both from care and cold was free; On the Banks of Allan Water, There a corpse lay she.
I've posted the other two paintings that are also in this sale.
