Lot 31: William Bruce Ellis Ranken (Scottish, 1881-1941)

William Bruce Ellis Ranken (Scottish, 1881-1941)
Portrait of the character Eliza Doolittle from Pygmalion, seated half-length, a flower in her left hand
signed with initials and dated 'WBER 1914' (lower right)
oil on canvas
44¼ x 34¼ in. (112.4 x 87.1 cm.)

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Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, in which the character Henry Higgins makes a wager with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady.