High qualitative genre scene with drinking musketeers was executed by good listed British genre painter Edward Bundy (1862 Brighton - 1922 London). Bundy had no formal training but learned some of his craft at the studio of Alfred Stevens in Paris. Bundy specialised in historical paintings in oil and watercolor, usually in a very detailed and narrative style, a genre which was very popular in the Edwardian time Bundy lived in. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915 and at the Paris Salon in 1907. In the Tate Gallery, is his Royal Academy painting of 1905 entitled The Morning of Sedgemoor depicting the Duke of Monmouth´s rebels resting in a barn before the battle.Influences in Bundy´s work include Pre Raphaelites examined as John Millais, William Morris and the works of John Ruskin.

Literature: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999; in internet. wikipedia.com and artcyclopedia.com.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Splendid original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed h 36 1/4" x w 28" (92 x 71 cm), framed h 44 7/8" x w 36 2/3" (114 x 93 cm)

Condition: in very good condition, old professional relining of canvas.