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Lot 42*
Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSW HRWS(British, 1860-1922)Mrs Mylne of Ainslie Place, Edinburgh, in a fine dress with fur-trimmed cloak
8 October 2025, 14:00 BST
Edinburgh£4,000 - £6,000
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSW HRWS (British, 1860-1922)
Mrs Mylne of Ainslie Place, Edinburgh, in a fine dress with fur-trimmed cloak
signed 'Walton' (lower right)
oil on canvas
84 x 61cm (33 1/16 x 24in).
signed 'Walton' (lower right)
oil on canvas
84 x 61cm (33 1/16 x 24in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Mr James Mylne, Edinburgh (likely commissioned from the artist and a label on the reverse confirms Mr Mylne's address at 10 Ainslie Place).
Sale, Scottish Antiques Incorporated (Baker Auctions), Clackamas, Oregon, 21 March 1967, lot 274 (two further Mylne family portraits offered in this auction).
Private collection, USA (acquired at the above sale); gifted to the present owner.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1899, no. 171.
The Mylne family proved loyal patrons for Walton, and over the course of several years portraits of each of Mr and Mrs Mylne's children were painted. The first was that of James Mylne (born 1887) which was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1897. A portrait of Miss Betty Mylne (born 1880) was exhibited at the RSA in 1900. Although not exhibited at the RSA, a portrait of Miss Emmy (Emelia) Mylne (born 1882) was offered at the same auction in 1967 as the present lot. Finally, a portrait of Miss Mary Mylne (born 1883) was exhibited at the RSA in 1903.
The present work was presumably the precursor to the daughters being painted, as Mrs Mylne's portrait was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1899. this does mean that we can date the work to 1898-99. At this time, Walton was living in London and had his home and studio on the famous artists' street Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, however he presumably travelled to complete commissions of this nature.