WHYTE'S CHRISTMAS ONLINE ART SALE 12 December 2022
210 203 Susan Mary Yeats (née Pollexfen) (1841 - 1900) TRAVELLERS BY A LAKE watercolour inscribed [Done by Miss Pollexfen for L.A. Tanfest [?] and highly esteemed by her - Oct. 5th 1859] on reverse 6.75 by 9.50in. (17.1 by 24.1cm) Frame Size: 19.5 by 22in. (49.5 by 55.9cm) Provenance: Family of the artist; Fonsie Mealy Chatsworth Sale, The Yeats Collection, 14 November 2017, lot 627; Private collection With handwritten poem beneath work: ’The way was long, the wind was cold, / The minstrel was infirm and old; / His withered check and tresses grey / Seemed to have known a better day.’ €400-€600 (£350-£520 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot203
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