M.E.D. Bristow, Circa 1900

Portrait of Lady Esther Smith, three-quarter-length, wearing a white chiffon dress with a pink carnation

Details

M.E.D. Bristow, Circa 1900
Portrait of Lady Esther Smith, three-quarter-length, wearing a white chiffon dress with a pink carnation
signed with initials and dated 'E.D.B. 1900' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'No */The Lady Esther Smith/M E. D. Bristow (Miss)/11 Queen's Gardens./Hyde Park. W.' (on the artist's label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
56 x 44 in. (142.2 x 111.8 cm.)

Provenance

Lady Esther Smith, and by descent at Hambleden Manor, Buckinghamshire.

Lot Essay

Lady Esther Smith, née Gore was the daughter of Arther Gore, 5th Earl of Arran and wife of William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1869-1928). Lot 337 in this sale is a writing table, once in the collection of Lady Esther Smith.

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