Portrait of Jane Bury, seated half-length, in a blue dress, holding a book

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Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922)
Portrait of Jane Bury, seated half-length, in a blue dress, holding a book
signed 'E A Walton' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
33¾ x 23¾ in. (85.7 x 59.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Jane Bury was married to J. B. Bury Esq., regius professor of Modern History, Cambridge. From 1902 they took a holiday cottage at 9 Park Lane, Southwold, where they made friends with the artist. In addition to painting her portrait, he also made an oil sketch of their cottage, now in the Southwold Museum.

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