Sir George Clausen, R.A. (1852-1944)

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Sir George Clausen, R.A. (1852-1944)

A Toiler Still; An Old Woman, North Lincolnshire

signed and dated lower left G. Clausen 1887, signed and dated again and inscribed on the reverse An Old Woman (North Lincolnshire) G. Clausen 1887, oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.3 x 63.5cm.)

Provenance

Goupil Gallery, London, 1887

Literature

The Academy, 16 June 1888, p.419
Art Journal, 1888, p.221
Magazine of Art, 1888, p.301
C. Wood, Paradise Lost Paintings of English Country Life and Landscape 1850-1914, London, 1988, p.93 (illustrated in colour)

Exhibited

London, New Gallery, First Summer Exhibition, 1888, no.37
Manchester, City Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1888, no.152
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Paintings by Edwardian Artists, 1952, no.9

Lot Essay

The sitter for this work is recorded in the artist's account book as Miss Aysthorpe and the work was despatched to the Goupil Gallery in Dec. 1887. The painting was executed during a visit to Lincolnshire to see his brother-in-law, Alfred Webster

We are very grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for his help in cataloguing this lot

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