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Lot 77: 'Girlie'

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMarch 31, 2015

Item Overview

Description

'Girlie' signed 'F.Sandys.' (upper right) and inscribed and dated 'Girlie : 1882 :' (upper left) coloured chalks and pencil 68.6 x 50.8cm (27 x 20in). Held in an original Rossetti frame by Foord & Dickinson, London.

Dimensions

68.6x 50.8cm

Artist or Maker

Literature

Betty Elzea, Frederick Sandys 1829-1904: A Catalogue Raisonné, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., Suffolk, 2001.

Provenance

Emily Chappell, the sitter. Thence by descent to Miss J. M. Calley. Sale, Christie's London, 22 April 1975, lot 191. Collection of Victor and Gretha Arwas.

Notes

The sitter in the present lot is Miss Emily Chappell, daughter of Thomas Chappell, who sat for Sandys at the Chappell home, Weir House, Teddington.

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