Lot Essay
Probably painted before 1905, the picture is based on a view from above Abinger Hammer, looking towards Hackhurst Downs. The child is the artists's daughter Barbara, the woman probably his wife.
Details
Edward Wilkins Waite (1854-1924)
Flower-fringed Cornfields
signed 'E.W. Waite'; oil on canvas
31½ x 47in. (80 x 119.5cm.)
Flower-fringed Cornfields
signed 'E.W. Waite'; oil on canvas
31½ x 47in. (80 x 119.5cm.)
Provenance
Sold from the Artist's studio after his death in 1924.
Literature
Terence Mullaly, Edward Wilkins Waite, RBA (1854-1924), exh. cat. at Guildford House Gallery, 1986, p.35, no.35
Exhibited
Bolton, Bolton Art Gallery, 1912, no.82
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 1983, no.22
Guildford, Guildford House, 1986, no.35
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 1983, no.22
Guildford, Guildford House, 1986, no.35