At his death in 1916, at the age of ninety-six, James Sant, R.A., C.V.0. (British painter, 1820-1916) was the longest living member of the Royal Academy since the institution's foundation in 1768, having exhibited well over two hundred pictures during a period of seventy-six years.
Sant was a prolific artist who worked his way through a range of influences, including symbolism (as in this effort) and impressionism.
James Sant | Courage, Anxiety and Despair: Watching the Battle, 1850 | Christie's