ID 998974
Lot 46 | WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A. (BRITISH, 1819-1909)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
Portrait of Jane Powell, the artist's mother
signed, inscribed and dated 'I give this portrait to/ my daughter Louisa Frith/ W. P Frith R.A/ August 2 1896' (on the reverse)
oil on panel, painted oval
12 x 10 in. (30.7 x 25.3 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, by whom given to his daughter, Mary Louisa Frith (1850-1931), 2 August 1896, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Bills and V. Knight (ed.), William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian Age, New Haven and London, p. 2, no, 2, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Guildhall Art Gallery; and Harrogate, Mercer Art Gallery, William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian Age, November 2006 - July 2007, no. 6, as Jane Frith, The Artist's Mother.
| Artist: | William Powell Frith (1819 - 1909) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | William Powell Frith (1819 - 1909) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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