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FREDERICK MORGAN, R.O.I. (BRITISH, 1847-1927)
The hero of the hour
signed 'Fred Morgan.' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and numbered 'The hero of the hour/ Fred Morgan/ 155 Auckland Road/ Upper Norwood S.E./NO 2.' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
3538 x 4714 in. (90 x 120 cm.)
Literature
Royal Academy Pictures, London, 1900, p. 193, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1900, no. 674.
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Lot Essay

The mother in the picture is a portrait of Morgan's second wife Mary (née Reardon) whom he married on 19 July 1890. She appears in this hat in numerous other works including Me Too? and Dainty Fares, the latter exhibited at the Institute of Oil Painters in 1908, no. 181.

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