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Lot 197: Mrs. Evelyn Byam Shaw (British, 1870-1960)

Est: £0 GBP - £0 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomJune 28, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Lt. Walter Leverton Jessopp (1897-1917), wearing the uniform of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
signed on obverse E Byam Shaw, gilt-metal frame, inscribed on reverse with sitter's details
Oval, 127mm. (5ins.) high

Artist or Maker

Notes


Walter Jessopp, son of Walter Budworth Jessopp and Emily Frances Jessopp, of 25, Park Avenue, Bedford. Killed in action Tuesday 31st July 1917, aged 20. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 56. His name appears on the World War I memorial at the Church of Bedford St. Andrew's.

Auction Details

Portrait Miniatures & Silhouettes

by
Bonhams
June 28, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK