James Sant, R.A. (1820-1916)

Portrait of the Misses Wilson of Tranby Croft, full-lengths, one standing, in pale blue satin dresses in a garden

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James Sant, R.A. (1820-1916)
Portrait of the Misses Wilson of Tranby Croft, full-lengths, one standing, in pale blue satin dresses in a garden
signed with monogram (lower right)
oil on canvas
73 x 44in. (185.4 x 111.8cm.)

Exhibited

London, The Royal Academy, 1881, no.218.

Lot Essay

The sitters are Susannah West Wilson (known as 'Totty') (1864-1943) and Ethel Mary Wilson (1865-1934), daughter of Arthur and Mary Wilson of Tranbury Croft near Hull.
Susannah married twice, firstly, John Graham Menzies and later Lt.Col. Sir George Lindsay Holford.
Ethel married Sir Edward Lycett Green, 2nd. Bart.

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