John Lamb primus (1799-1875)
John Lamb primus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by John Lamb primus. Watercolour on paper 59 x 73cm exhibited Royal Academy 1834 and “Victorian Fairy Paintings” 1997
A shipping agent in Muscovy Court near the Tower of London, he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1832 to 1834.
This painting, A Midsummer Night’s Dream “What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?” (1834) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1834 no 522, and again at the same venue in Victorian Fairy Paintings 1997 (no 9).
John Lamb secundus (1839-1909)
John Lamb secundus
On a Bat’s Back by John Lamb secundus 1880. Watercolour on paper 61 x 91.5cm Exhibited Royal Academy “Victorian Fairy Paintings” 1997
Painter and commission agent of Muscovy Court London, his watercolours were exhibited from 1889 to 1909 at the Dudley Gallery.
This painting, On a Bat’s Back (c1880) was also exhibited at the RA Victorian Fairy Paintings exhibition 1997 (no 66).
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