The quotations at the head of each section are taken from Graves' list of Royal Academy exhibitors, and represent the inspiration for the painting, as submitted to the Academy's catalogue by Eyre Crowe.
Title: Milking Time (1903)
Medium: oil
Size: 16 x 22 inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1903, p. 167
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This picture was painted during Crowe's time in Boulogne in the summer of 1902, using a French model called Ernestine Leroi for the girl milking.
A 'Landscape with Outbuildings and Cattle - Milking Time' (perhaps a sketch in oils for this painting) was sold at auction by Messrs Furber on 22 February 1911, fetching 12 shillings.
Title: The Embroidress (1903)
Medium: oil
Size: 36 x 28 inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1903, p. 68
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This picture was painted in Boulogne in the summer of 1902, using a French model called Ernestine Leroi for the embroidress.
Title: The Windmill of Crécy (1903)
Medium: oil
Size: 39 x 59 inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903
'On August 26, 1346, on which day was fought the Battle of Crécy, it is stated that "Edouard III mounted a windmill", etc'
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1903, p. 21
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Crowe visited Crécy in the autumn of 1902. The old windmill had been torn down in 1888, but Crowe sketched the field, and a nearby windmill, to create the composition. This painting was one of those remaining in Eyre Crowe's possession at his death, and was sold for £5 15s 6d at an auction of his remaining works at Christie's in London on 18 March 1911.
Title: The Village Farrier (1903)
Medium: oil
Size: 12 x 17 inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1903, p. 50
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According to his diary, this picture was inspired by a rough sketch made by Crowe on 10 September 1884. It was begun in Boulogne in July 1902.
Title: The Kitchen Garden (1903)
Medium: oil
Size: 15 x 24½ inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1903, p. 134
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This view was painted from Crowe's window in his lodgings in Etaples, Normandy, which he visited in September and October 1902.
Title: The Watering Place (1903)
Medium: oil
Size: 28 x 36 inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1903, p. 134
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A companion to The Kitchen Garden, this picture shows the pond at Etaples in Normandy, where Crowe stayed in September and October 1902. This painting, then called Etaples, was one of those remaining in Eyre Crowe's possession at his death, and was sold for £5 5s at an auction of his remaining works at Christie's in London on 18 March 1911.
Title: Shelley at Marlow writing the dedication of 'The Revolt of Islam' to his wife on its completion in 1817' (1904)
Medium: oil
Size: 39 x 59 inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1904
'So now my summer task is ended, etc'
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1904, p. 17
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This painting was one of those remaining in Eyre Crowe's possession at his death, and was sold for £5 15s 6d at an auction of his remaining works at Christie's in London on 18 March 1911.
Title: The Rt Hon. John Bright, M.P., at the Reform Club, 1883 (1904)
Medium: oil on panel
Size: 8¾ x 11¾ inches
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1904; Liverpool, 1906
Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, 1904, p. 64
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This painting was one of those remaining in Eyre Crowe's possession at his death, and was sold for £8 18s 6d at an auction of his remaining works at Christie's in London on 18 March 1911.
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