Female C20th Portraits

Stanley Lewis: “Edith circa 1930”. Signedcharcoal and white highlights11 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (29.2 x 26.1 cm): Literature: The Unknown Artist: Stanley Lewis and his contemporaries, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum, 12th June - 5th September 2010, Liss Fine Art, 2010. The sitter was one of Stanleys favourite cousins, Ed

William Nicholson: “Queen Victoria, 1899”. Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut 10 x 9 1/8 in. (25.4 x 23.2 cm): Published by William Heinemann 1899 (September) Provenance: The William Heinemann Archive 2004 When Nicholson offered his jubilee portrait of Queen Victoria to William Heinemann, the publisher demurred. His partner Sidney

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Albert de Belleroche: “Gildys, ”. Lithograph23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm): A different portrait of the same model, in similar attire, was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1907 and in Amiens in 1908 (Gold Medal):

Geoffrey Hamilton Rhoades: “Portrait of a young girl, circa 1940”. Woodcut, 5 x 4 1/2 in. (12.7 x 11.5 cm): Rhoades was a committed and talented printmaker, particularly as a wood engraver. Over a long period he consistently produced Christmas family greeting cards in this medium, having them printed by the Oxford University Pr

Sir Gerald Festus Kelly: “Neac Thul V, Cambodian Dancer, circa 1936”. Neac Thul V, Cambodian Dancer, circa 1936 Inscribed with title on the canvas edge and on the stretcher, Neac Thul V [CF 35] Oil on canvas, 27 1/4 x 31 1/8 in. (69.1 x 79.5 cm.) : Kellys portraits of Oriental dancers were at one time among the most popular of all popular prints. He first painted them early in his career, when he spent a period in 1908-9 in Mandalay in Burma, a trip funded by Somers

Ira L. Hill: “Evangeline Booth - Salvation Army, circa 1919”. Lithograph, published by Sackett & Wilhelms Corp, copyright Ira L. Hill 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm): Founded by William Booth (1829-1912), the Salvation Army is best known for its social welfare and charitable services. Booths daughter Evangeline (1865-1950), who also had a long and successful career with the organizatio

Sir Gerald Festus Kelly: “Portrait of Jane XIX”. Inscribed XIX on canvas edge Oil on canvas, 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm.): Provenance: Gifted to John Napper by Kelly as part of the contents of his studio upon his death; purchased from John Nappers Widow in 2000. Kelly first met Lilian Ryan in 1916 when she was working as an artists model, and

Rudolph Ihlee: “Les Deux Brodeuses, 1921”. Signed, dated and titled on a label to the reverse Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm.): Provenance: Private collection. Exhibited: Goupil Gallery Salon, 1921, no. 155 In a fine French 19th century gilded laurel section frame Rudolph Ihlee was born in London in 1883. In 1906 he went to the Slade School of F

Percy Horton: “Joan Jenner/Rhoades reading, circa 1925”. Signed with studio stamp on reverse (2/26) Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm.): Geoffrey Rhoades married Joan Jenner in the mid 1930s. They met at a Royal College Ball. Although Geoffrey studied at the Slade (more prestigeous than the College at the time) one of his intimate friends, Percy Horton

John Cecil Stephenson: “Kneeling nude, c.1940”. Signed twice with studio stampColour chalk and pastel over and pen and ink11 x 11 in. (26 x 26 cm): Provenance: The Artists family; private collection

William Strang: “The Green Cloak, Portrait of the actress Miss Barbara Horder, 1918”. Oil on canvas30 x 24 in. (76 x 61 cm.): Exhibited: London, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1920 (72). In a period gilded reeded oak frame with black outer moulding. C.R. Ashbee, who sat for Strang, recalled that:....in each of his portraits there is some to

Captain J.B. Peart: “Portrait of the writer and illustrator Marian Ada. Peart, circa 1930”. Signed, indistinctly inscribed verso Portrait of [...] Peart Oil on canvas75 x 62 cm: Exhibited at the RBSA,1937-38?. Marian Ada Peart, artist, illustrator and writer, was born in Laverton, Somerset the daughter of a Church of England clergyman. Born in 1891, was an early member of the Society of Graphic A

Harold Williamson: “Stella, 1930's”. Signed with initials, titled and signed with address to reverseOil on panel12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (31 x 26 cm): In a period reverse section distressed white frame with ribbed knull and sight edge

Clara Cowling: “Portrait of Evelyn Dunbar”. Oil on canvas 13 1/2 x 13 in. (34.2 x 33 cm): Literature: Evelyn Dunbar: A Life in Painting, Christopher Campbell-Howes, October 2016, page 61. Florence Dunbar (Evelyn’s mother) and her sister Clara Cowling, both originally from Bradford, painted with the energy of