John Seymour Lucas R.A. (1849-1923)
When Doctors Differ
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated
13 x 19 1/4 ins
1887
Provenance
E.W. Edwards
Private collection
Exhibited
Lucas was a painter in oil and watercolour of historical subjects, portraits, genre and landscapes. He was born in London and was nephew of the portrait painter John Lucas (1807-74). He studied at the Royal Academy Schools. He was elected ARA in 1886, RA in 1898 and RI in 1877. In 1914 he was commissioned to paint a large fresco of The Flight of the Five Members 1642 for the House of Commons.