Large 19th Century portrait of a lady playing the guitar, oil on canvas by Walter Ernest Webster. Excellent quality and condition example of the famous portrait and genre painters work. Signed and framed
Measurements: 48" x 31" framed approx
Walter Webster studied at the Royal Academy in London, where he lived and worked. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and in Liverpool, in particular in 1910. He also exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Franais in Paris in 1914, where he was awarded a silver medal.
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