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Identifier: georgemorlandhis00gilb (find matches)
Title: George Morland, his life and works
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1834-1914 Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941
Subjects: Morland, George, 1763-1804
Publisher: London : A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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e too much to saythat there has been a boom in Morlands picturesdue to quickened appreciation of their merits. It is impossible to look over the lists without beingstruck by the wide diversity in the prices paid ; thusamong the canvases sold in 1902 are two, practicallyof equal size, Woodcock Shooting and the CarriersStable, sold respectively for fifty and eleven hundredguineas ; again among the sales of 1905 we find thatBoys Skating, painted in 1791, that is to say, duringthe artists best period, sold for only eighty guineas,while Higglers Preparing for Market, practicallyidentical in size, brought two thousand guineas. It is hardly necessary to remark that the size of anypicture has very little bearing upon its value, but it isnoteworthy that nearly all those pictures by Morlandwhich have brought a thousand guineas or more atrecent sales have been above the average size of his 234 MORNING; OR, THE HIGGLERS PREPARING FOR MARKET Signed, 1791 (Size of original picture 27i X 36 inches.)
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George Morland paintings ; the explanation being that these were worksover which he took most pains and do him best justice. The popularity acquired by certain works is reflectedin the value set upon it in some cases ; thus thefamous Lastitia series of six pictures, which werepainted before the artist had reached the zenith of hiscareer, brought 5600 guineas when offered for sale in1904 ; while Dancing Dogs, engravings from which,as mentioned in an earlier chapter, attained suchremarkable popularity, brought no less than 4000guineas in 1905. Dawes remark concerning the future value ofMorlands pictures necessarily recurs to mind in thisconnection, and we find some justification for it. Theprices paid nowadays for the painters finest worksare out of all proportion to those commanded by hisless meritorious achievements ; but in noticing this wemust always bear in mind two points : first, theenormous number of pictures produced by Morland,and secondly, the circumstances under which a larg

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