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Samuel Edmund Waller (BRITISH 1850-1903)

Sold for £280 at Lyon & Turnbull on Feb 11, 2025.

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SAMUEL EDMUND WALLER (BRITISH 1850-1903) JOHNNIE OF BRAIDISLEE, 1872 Signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas 48.5cm x 75cm (19in x 29.5in) Johnnie of Braidislee is a Borders ballad which recounts the travails of a poacher who ventures to hunt the royal deer, but is caught in the act by the King's Foresters and is mortally wounded. An inscription on the frame reads as follows:He has set his back against an oak,His foot against a stone.Another shot against the ForestersTho' they be seven to one.

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