In Time of Peril

In Time of Peril
ArtistEdmund Leighton
Year1897
MediumOil on canvas
MovementPre-Raphaelite
Dimensions124.5 cm × 168.9 cm (49.0 in × 66.5 in)
Location

In Time of Peril is an oil on canvas painting by English artist Edmund Leighton, from 1897.[1][2]

History and description

The painting depicts two young princes who have been spirited away from danger: a young boy who looks back with fear and an infant in his mother's arms. They are huddled under furs with their luxuriously-dressed mother. The royal refugees arrive at a monastery seeking sanctuary, escorted by two men in chainmail (at least one of them a knight, indicated by his coat of arms) and travelling with an assortment of treasure.[2][3][citation needed] Leighton himself had once described the scene in a letter: "laid at the water gate of a monastery in the fourteenth century; the outcome of reading of the shelter afforded by such places to the women, children and treasure, of those who were hard driven, and in danger."[1][citation needed]

According to the Auckland Art Gallery, "it was a canny choice of subject, for dynastic anxieties inevitably lurk in the wake of aging monarchs."[3] This is referring to Queen Victoria and her Diamond Jubilee, the 60th anniversary of her reign, for which Leighton as an Englishman would have been surrounded by celebrations.[2]

Provenance

In Time of Peril debuted at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1897.[3] This painting was acquired by the Mackelvie Trust Collection for the Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, before 2001. While not on display as of March 2026, the public can request a print of the painting and the gallery entertains inquiries for reproductions.[2][1]

The oil-on-panel study for In Time of Peril was given to the Leighton's daughter, Sophie Helen Blair Harding, and from that time passed down by descent until its next known provenance: sold at auction from Christie's in London on 12 March 2014.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "In Time of Peril - Edmund Blair Leighton". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d "In Time of Peril". Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c Auckland Art Gallery (2001). Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o T-amaki: The Guide. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-85759-256-6 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Sold at Auction: Edmund Blair Leighton, Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922)". invaluable.com. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

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