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EDWARD ROPER
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 AUD
bidding is closed
Description
- Edward Roper
- VIEW IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
- Signed lower left
- Oil on paper
- 66 by 50.8 cm
Provenance
Private collection, United Kingdom
Condition
Black painted plain timber frame, with gold mount under glass. Areas of foxing in the foreground and sky. This work appears to have been completed on card. Mould appears on glass and mount.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
An indeftigable traveller, the artist, illustrator and printmaker Edward Roper spent extended periods of his life in both Canada and Australia, with periodic returns to England and a visit to New Zealand in 1873. Various exhibitions and publications from these journeys saw him elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1889.
This work is a view of Mount Assiniboine, in the Candian Rockies. The peak, known as 'the Candian Matterhorn', was described by the first man to climb it, James Outram, in the following terms: 'Its massive pyramid forms a conspicuous landmark from almost every considerable eminence for scores of miles around, towering fully 1500 feet above its neighbours, and by its isolation no less than by its splendid outline commanding attention and admiration'1. Roper's view is probably from the east, with the body of water in the foreground being Marvel Lake.
1. James Outram, In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies, The MacMillan Co., New York, 1905, p. 38
This work is a view of Mount Assiniboine, in the Candian Rockies. The peak, known as 'the Candian Matterhorn', was described by the first man to climb it, James Outram, in the following terms: 'Its massive pyramid forms a conspicuous landmark from almost every considerable eminence for scores of miles around, towering fully 1500 feet above its neighbours, and by its isolation no less than by its splendid outline commanding attention and admiration'1. Roper's view is probably from the east, with the body of water in the foreground being Marvel Lake.
1. James Outram, In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies, The MacMillan Co., New York, 1905, p. 38