Large 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite portrait of a young red haired girl holding a rose, oil on canvas by Emma Sandys. Excellent quality and condition portrait of the girl holding a rose and wearing plumed hat. Signed top right and presented in its original antiwar gilt frame.
Measurements: 21" x 19" framed approx
Provenance: Sothebys, New Bond Street
Emma Sandys
British, 19th century, female.
Born 1834; died 21 November 1877.
Painter, draughtswoman. Portraits, genre scenes.
Emma Sandys was the daughter of Anthony Sandys. She was active between 1867 and 1874.
Group Exhibitions
1997, Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists, Manchester City Art Gallery (travelling exhibition)
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Dundee (University Art Collection): Pleasant Dreams (1876)
Norwich (Castle Mus. and AG): Portrait of a Lady in a Yellow Dress (oil on panel, possibly a self portrait); Study of a Head (1877, oil on canvas)
Bibliography
- Marsh, Jan/Nunn, Pamela Gerrish: Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists, exhibition catalogue, Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester, 1997.
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