01 Work, The Art of War, Samuel Waller's Sweethearts and Wives, with footnotes

Samuel Waller

Sweethearts and Wives, c. 1882

Oil paint on canvas

1448 × 2019 mm

Tate

Exhibited at the R.A. with the following note: ‘On the first rumour of impending difficulties between the Scotch and English, the Moss-troopers would sweep swiftly over the country taking every head of cattle within reach - frequently plundering both sides with equal impartiality, and returning to the security of their castles to be welcomed home by their wives and sweethearts, who were nearly as enthusiastic in the matter as themselves.- (Border History).’  More on this painting

Samuel Edmund Waller was born and educated in the Cotswolds. He was apprenticed to his father who was an architect. An interest in architecture was to remain with him life-long: mellow Cotswold Manor houses often form the backdrop to his pictures. A love of horses, painted from life and meticulously drawn, also manifests itself in his work.

Waller's pictures capture the spirit of Regency England as seen through 19th century eyes and are the pictorial equivalents of the novels of Jane Austen, Mrs Gaskell and Thackeray with his 'gallant youths, sweet maids, and noble horses'. The popularity of his work is reflected in the success of the printed reproductions of his pictures which found a ready market amongst the urban public. More on Samuel Edmund Waller 

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