Lot Essay
The present work was painted at the artist's studio at Swanpool, and had been commissioned by the sitter as a wedding gift to her future husband, Hugh Flower.
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Portrait of Ida Hamilton
Details
Henry Scott Tuke, R.A. (1858-1929)
Portrait of Ida Hamilton
signed, inscribed and dated 'H.S.TUKE/FALMOUTH. MARCH 1909.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23½ x 16½ in. (59.6 x 41.9 cm.)
Portrait of Ida Hamilton
signed, inscribed and dated 'H.S.TUKE/FALMOUTH. MARCH 1909.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23½ x 16½ in. (59.6 x 41.9 cm.)
Provenance
G. Bartlett.
Literature
B.D. Price, The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Falmouth, 1983, R613.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1909, no. 521.
London, Fine Art Society, Spring 1988, May 1988, no. 33.
London, Fine Art Society, Spring 1988, May 1988, no. 33.
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