George Elgar Hicks, RBA (British, 1824-1914)Utilizing church metal
signed and dated 'G E Hicks 1868' (lower right)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 61cm (18 x 24in).注脚Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 2 June 1987, lot 1370.
Private collection, UK. Purchased from the above sale.

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1868, no. 454.

The painting depicts the stripping of the metal, including the memorial brasses, from the interior of Lincoln Minster during the Civil War, as described by John Evelyn.