Edmund Blair Leighton, ROI (British, 1853-1922) The New Governess
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Edmund Blair Leighton, ROI (British, 1853-1922)
The New Governess
signed with initials and dated 'E.B.L.94' (lower right)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 38.5cm (21 7/8 x 15 3/16in).
Sold for £23,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    From the Artist to Arthur Tooth Ltd
    Private collection, UK

    EXHIBITED:
    Royal Dublin Society

    LITERATURE:
    Alfred Yockney, The Art Annual: The Art of E. Blair Leighton, London, Virtue & Co, Christmas 1913, p 30
    Documented in the artist's personal records

    We are grateful to Kara Lysandra Ross for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

    The work will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Leighton's work.

Category: Fine Art / 19th Century Paintings

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