Lot 280: William Frederick Yeames (1835-1918)

The Jacobite's Escape: The Punch Room at Cotehele House, Cornwall
signed and dated 'W. F. Yeames 1868-1874' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 1/8 x 34 in. (58.8 x 86.3 cm.)

This picture was completed four years before Yeames exhibited his most famous work, And when did you last see your father? at the Royal Academy of 1878. The artist has used The Punch Room at Cotehele House, Cornwall (The National Trust) as the setting for a historical drama. A Jacobite is hastily being concealed in an old 'priest hole' in the chimney. Yeames specialised in these historical re-enactments: a picture entitled The fugitive Jacobite was shown at the Royal Academy in 1869.

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