Mortimer Mempes (1860-1938)

Details

Mortimer Mempes (1860-1938)
Jaipur
signed 'Mortimer Mempes'; oil on board
9¼ x 11in. (236 x 280mm.)

Literature

P. Pal and V. Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors, London, 1986, p.151-2, pl.152
D.and M. Mempes, World Pictures, London, p.216, repr. in colour

Lot Essay

Mempes was born in Australia and was a protegéé of James McNeill Whistler in the 1880s . He exhibited at the R.A. from 1880-1900 and travelled widely in Europe and the Far East. This picture is in its original frame designed by Mempes.
See lot 132 for another picture by the artist

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