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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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