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128 95 Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904) LIFE BOAT OFF TYNEMOUTH BAY, 1866 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left; signed, titled and with description on label on reverse; also with International Fisheries Exhibition label on reverse 34.25 by 54.25in. (87 by 137.8cm) Frame Size: 47 by 66.75in. (119.4 by 169.5cm) Provenance: Collection of Sir MatthewWhite Ridley, 1983; Private collection Exhibited: ‘International Fisheries Exhibition’, South Kensington, London, 12 May to 31 October 1883, no. 95 (Fine Arts) Label reads: Life ...(label lost)... Bar during a heavy gale with Norwegian Brig- drifting ashore. October ,1865. The International Fisheries Exhibition was a scientific, cultural, and animal exhibition which took place in South Kensington, London between 12 May and 31 October 1883. The exhibition was the largest special event held in the world to that point, attracting 2.6 million visitors, an average of 18,545 per day. Records for the exhibition appear to list three exhibits by Edwin Hayes catalogued as numbers 94, 95 and 96. In numerical order, they were “Dutch Fishing Pinks returning from Sea. Katwyke Beach, Holland” [price 400] - the present work - “Life-boat” Lent by Sir MatthewWhite Ridley, Bart., M.P. [price £22]. Hayes’ address is listed as Briscoe House, Steele’s Road, N.W. at this time. €10,000-€15,000 (£8,400-£12,610 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot95