Lot 86: Portrait of Marion Kerr

Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes, R.W.S. (1859-1912) Portrait of Marion Kerr oil on canvas 18 ¾ x 11 ½ in. (47.5 x 29.2 cm.)

47.5 x 29.2 cm.

H. Cook and M. Hardie, Sings from the Walls, The Life and Art of Elizabeth Forbes, p. 187, no. 4.211.

By descent to the sitter's daughter. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 May 1989, lot 58. with Richard Green, London. with Clerkenwell Fine Art, London.

When this picture last appeared at auction it was erroneously described as being signed with a monogram. The monogram was questioned in Singing from the Walls, The Life and Art of Elizabeth Forbes (H. Cook and M. Hardie, p. 187, no. 4.211.). It has now been established, however, that the picture is not signed. We are grateful to the many Newlyn School specialists who have confirmed the attribution to Forbes.