Lot 287: John Ingle Lee (British, fl. 1868 - 1891): a large

John Ingle Lee (British, fl. 1868 - 1891): a large oil on canvas entitled 'Home' in the Pre-Raphaelite manner, showing a young couple, she sat in a red shawl and mustard yellow skirt holding a sleeping infant on her knee whilst knitting, he dressed in a grey suit and hat pruning the shrubbery around the doorway arch, signed to lower right Jhn I Lee and verso with paper label stating No 1. Home, Jno I Lee, 153 Adelaide Road, N6, relined, 52 by 78 inches. *Provenance: Anon. Sale Christie's 4 November 1988. lot 209. Notes: it has been suggested that the gentleman is possibly a self portrait of the artist.