Image size of print is 21 X 30 inches.

IN THE SHADE by Marcus Stone (Eng., 1840-1921) Taggart & Jorgensen Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Marcus Stone, an influential genre painter, was the son of Frank Stone RA. His first picture at the RA, when he was only 18 years old, was Rest (1858), showing a knight asleep underneath a tree. In 1859, the death of his father meant that Stone had to support himself, and for this reason he ventured into book illustration, with the encouragement of Charles Dickens, to whom he had sent an example of his work. He had some modest success in line, most notably at the end of the 1860s for Trollope's works. In any case, a series of oil paintings of historical and literary subjects in the 1860s firmly established his reputation. The Fainting of Hero (1861) was greatly praised by Leighton, and Return from Waterloo to Paris (1863) was also well received. Stone became ARA in 1877, and RA in 1887. Later, he became much influenced by French painting, and from this time he produced genre works tending to grace and prettiness, rest rather than action, and it is these paintings that are most readily associated with Stone today.

A Victorian Girl sitting in a chair with a Victorian Dressed Couple in the background.

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