Lot 87: EDWARD JOHN GREGORY, R.A.

EDWARD JOHN GREGORY, R.A. BRITISH 1850-1909 PORTRAIT OF MABEL, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES GALLOWAY signed with the artist's monogram (lower right); signed and inscribed Mabel daughter of/ Charles J. Galloway Esq., J.P./ Edward John Gregory A.R.A.,/R.I. 6 Abercorn Pl., Maida Vale NW on an old label on the reverse oil on canvas 60 by 44 1/2 in. 152.5 by 113 cm

London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1888, no. 9

Times, April 30, 1888, p. 12
Athenaeum, May 12, 1888, p. 606
Art Journal, 1888, p. 188
Magazine of Art, 1888, p. 299, engraving illustrated p. 297

C.J. Galloway, Cheshire
Lord Lloyd-Webber
Sale: Christie's, London, November 13, 1992, lot 112, illustrated
Sale: Christie's, New York, June 25, 1998, lot 290, illustrated
Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 15, 2000, lot 410, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Gregory's portrait of Mabel Galloway was received with enthusiasm at the 1888 Grosvenor Exhibition. The Art Journal found in it 'great sympathy with the sitter and with the beauty of the various accessories', while the Magazine of Art, in addition to reproducing the portrait in a full page engraved illustration, delivered the following words of praise: 'It is difficult to speak adequately of Mr. E.J. Gregory's 'Miss Mabel Galloway'. The Oriental carpet and vase, the oaken sideboard, the dress of the model-all the accessories, in fact, are rendered with consummate skill.'