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Erskine Nicol RSA ARA
(1825-1904)
COUPLE RESTING BY A GRASSEY
KNOLL, 1852
oil on board
signed and dated lower right; with
framer’s details stamped on reverse
9.50 by 14.75in. (24.13 by 37.47cm)
This work was executed the same year as a
comparable work in oil now in the collection
of the Tate entitled Wayside Prayer, 1852,
Presented by Sir Henry Tate in 1894 (Tate
reference, N01537). The female character
wears the same dress and headscarf in both
works and the setting, gravely path and
rickety fence all bear a striking resemblance to
the Tate’s example. It is possible that the
woman in this work is also praying, having
perhaps had some sustenance from the jug in
the left foreground. However, the animated
face of the man, his gaze directed towards
her, suggests a more light-hearted firtatious
ambience. His left hand appears to be
touching the ring fnger of his right,
indicating perhaps their relationship either
present or anticipated.
€4,000-€5,000 (£3,360-£4,200 approx)
45
Lady Blanche Lindsay (née Fitzroy) ( c.1844-1912)
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL
oil on board
with faintly inscribed label on reverse detailing artist’s name, address [41 Hans P., Chelsea] and
price [ten?]
4 by 4in. (10.16 by 10.16cm)
Caroline Blanche Elizabeth (née FitzRoy), Lady Lindsay daughter of Hon. Henry Fitzroy (the son of Lord
Southhampton) and Hannah Mayer de Rothschild was an amateur painter, poetess, musician and wife of Sir
Coutts Lindsay whom she married in1864. Together they founded the Grosvenor Gallery in 1877 which was
heralded at the time as a favourable alternative to the Royal Academy and a chief artistic and social venue for
second-generation pre-Raphaelites among other artists of the day. Although only thirteen years in operation the
Lindsays’ innovations in terms of their exhibiton practices had far reaching efects. The couple later separated
but Lady Lindsay continued to play a vital role in the arts community, hosting gatherings which included Mary
Shelley, Browning, Eliot and Tennyson among others at her home in 41 Hans Place, Chelsea.
A portrait minature of Lady Lindsay was painted by Dickens’ daughter Kate Perugini (see lot 43).
€500-€700 (£420-£590 approx)
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Edith Œnone Somerville (1858-1949)
MY FRIEND SLIPPER (SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M.), c.1899
watercolour and pencil on paper
signed lower left; inscribed with title, medium and signed again on
original Arthur Ackerman & Son Ltd label on reverse; with remains of
old typed label on reverse detailing title
9 by 6in. (22.86 by 15.24cm)
Provenance:
Arthur Ackerman & Son Ltd, New York;
Private collection
Exhibited:
Arthur Ackerman & Son Ltd, New York, c.1899
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,680-£2,520 approx)