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Elmore (Alfred W., 1815-1881). Collection of Original Studies and Drawings, 58 drawings and sketches, each mounted singly on rectos of album leaves, comprising ink and pencil drawings, watercolours, and red and black chalk drawings, including male and female nudes, landscapes, head and figure studies, genre scenes, architectural studies, sketches for large-scale works, etc., many annotated in pencil to lower margin with the artist's name, sheet size smallest 16.7 x 7.5cm (6 5/8 x 3ins), largest 35.5 x 25.5cm (14 x 10ins), front blank with mounted printed title label annotated in pencil 'Exhibited Royal Academy 1834-61', latter note repeated at head of page, endpapers foxed, late 19th or early 20th century black half morocco, scuffed and some marks, upper joint with 11cm split at foot (beginning to tear across spine), printed title label mounted on upper cover, folio Irish born Alfred Elmore was primarily a painter of historical genre scenes. He moved with his parents to London when he was 12, and entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1832. Elmore exhibited at the R.A. from 1834 until 1861, becoming an associate member of the R.A. in 1844 and a full member in 1857. He travelled in Europe between 1840 and 1844, visiting Munich, Venice, Bologna, Rome and Florence. It is thought that Elmore was briefly associated with 'The Clique', a group of young artists following in the footsteps of William Hogarth and David Wilkie Amongst other subjects, Elmore painted scenes from Shakespeare, works relating to the French Revolution, paintings on the theme of technological innovation as opposed to pre-industrialism, and moralistic genre paintings. Later on, by the late 1860s Elmore moved more towards the classicism of artists such as Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Edward Poynter, and dabbled also in the vogue for Orientalism.