Lot 73: James Doyle Penrose c.1862-1932 , innocent beauty oil on canvas

signed and dated l.r.: J. Doyle Penrose 1903 oil on canvas

43 by 22.5 cm.; 17 by 8¾ in.

Manchester, Queen's Park Art Gallery, Summer Exhibition

James Doyle Penrose was born in Michelstown, Co. Dublin before moving to London where he spent most of his working life before finally settling at Oxhey Grange near Watford in Hertfordshire. He studied at South Kensington and St. John's Wood art colleges before being accepted into the Royal Academy Schools. He exhibited a total of 19 pictures at the Royal Academy and painted primarily portraits and historical subjects. The late, eminent artist, critic and collector Sir Roland Penrose is his son.