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An Important Private Belgravia Collection | Sold on behalf of a Family Trust &nbsp;&nbsp;Poetry &amp; Myth: Romantic Art in the Victorian Age on 02 July 2026 brings an exceptional group of paintings to auction from an important private Belgravia collection - assembled with a discerning eye for beauty, craftsmanship, and the enduring allure of the classical imagination.&nbsp;The collection celebrates the final flowering of British Romantic and Classical painting during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period in which artists looked to history, literature, mythology, and the natural world for inspiration. At a time of rapid industrial and social change, these painters created visions of elegance, heroism, and idealised beauty that offered both escape and reflection, drawing upon the traditions of ancient Greece and Rome, medieval romance, and maritime adventure.Highlights include masterworks by John William Godward, whose luminous depictions of graceful women amidst sunlit marble settings represent the pinnacle of Victorian Neo-Classicism; John William Waterhouse, whose poetic interpretations of mythology and literature remain among the most beloved images of the age; and Sir Edward John Poynter, whose statuesque classical heroines and contemplative female figures unite scholarly classicism with an enduring sense of elegance and romance. The sale also features paintings from Herbert James Draper, Wilfrid de Glehn and a marine work by Montague Dawson, whose dramatic depictions of sailing ships and ocean voyages evoke the romance, adventure, and grandeur of Britain's maritime heritage.Poetry &amp; Myth: Romantic Art in the Victorian Age offers collectors a rare opportunity to acquire works from a collection formed with passion and connoisseurship, united by a shared celebration of romance, myth, and the enduring power of artistic imagination.

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Join award-winning actor Madeleine Worrall, an alumi of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Professor Frances Fowle, Emeritus Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art, as they explore John William Waterhouse’s remarkable early masterpiece, Miranda (1875).

Discovering Miranda

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CRESSIDA

Session 1

LEANING AGAINST A COLUMN

ZENOBIA CAPTIVE

THE SPIRIT OF THE FOUNTAIN

PHYLLIS 'EST HEDERAE VIS MULTA, QUA CRINES RELIGATA FULGES'

MIRANDA

PSYCHE

KNEELING NUDE IN A LANDSCAPE

THE CLIPPER 'LIGHTNING' BUILT BY DONALD MCKAY

Poetry & Myth: Romantic Art in the Victorian Age

Sale Number: 934

Discovering Miranda

SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH 1836-1919)

CRESSIDA

JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD R.B.A. (BRITISH 1861-1922)

LEANING AGAINST A COLUMN

SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH 1836-1919)

ZENOBIA CAPTIVE

HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH 1863-1920)

THE SPIRIT OF THE FOUNTAIN

SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH 1836-1919)

PHYLLIS 'EST HEDERAE VIS MULTA, QUA CRINES RELIGATA FULGES'

JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE R.A., R.I. (BRITISH 1849-1917)

MIRANDA

SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH 1836-1919)

PSYCHE

WILFRID DE GLEHN R.A. (BRITISH 1870-1951)

KNEELING NUDE IN A LANDSCAPE

MONTAGUE DAWSON R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. (BRITISH 1890-1973)

THE CLIPPER 'LIGHTNING' BUILT BY DONALD MCKAY