Lot Essay
Like his father before him, the artist was a member of the Saddler's Company, the oldest of the City's Livery Companies. This is a portrait of his daughter, Mary Spencer Watson, aged 10.
The saddler's daughter
Details
George Spencer Watson, R.A., R.W.S., R.O.I. (1869-1934)
The saddler's daughter
inscribed 'George Spencer Watson/A.R.A/20 Holland Park Road/SW14/The Saddler's (sic) Daughter'
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
The saddler's daughter
inscribed 'George Spencer Watson/A.R.A/20 Holland Park Road/SW14/The Saddler's (sic) Daughter'
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, and by descent to his daughter, Mary Spencer Watson.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1924, no. 63.
Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Southampton Civic Art Gallery, and Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; George Spencer Watson, 1981-2, no. 23.
Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Southampton Civic Art Gallery, and Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; George Spencer Watson, 1981-2, no. 23.
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