Lot 78: William Gale (1823-1909)

William Gale (1823-1909)
Nazareth
signed with monogram (lower left), and inscribed 'W.Gale/'Nazareth'/19 Belsize Crescent' (on the reverse of the frame)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 15¼ (99.8 x 127.6 cm)

Bath, The Victorian Art Gallery, 1913, lent by J.J. Lucas.
The Bristol Art Gallery, 1914, no. 26, lent by J.J. Lucas.

with Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester.
with Mr. J.J. Lucas.
with Richard Naworth.
Mr & Mrs Richard Kayan, New Jersey.

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William Gale first visited the Holy Land in the autumn of 1862, when he stayed in Nazareth; he returned to the region in 1867. Like his contemporary William Webbe, Gale specialised in biblical genre which owed much to his direct experience of the East but was also infused with a Victorian romanticism. Gale employed a Pre-Raphaelite technique, often painting on a wet white ground to enhance the luminosity of his colour palette.