Double portrait of Anna and Agnes Young, half-length

Details

Emma Sandys (fl.1868-1874)
Double portrait of Anna and Agnes Young, half-length
monogrammed and dated '1870' (upper right) and inscribed 'Anna and Agnes/Young' (upper left)
black, white and red chalk
18¾ x 14¾ in. (47.6 x 37.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Roy Miles, London, by 1981.
Anonymous sale; Christies, London, 23 June 1989, lot 70, (withdrawn)
Anonymous sale; Christies, London, 3 June 1994, lot 73.

Literature

Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists, exh. Manchester City Art Galleries, p. 121, illustrated p. 100.

Exhibited

Manchester, Manchester City Art Galleries, Pre-Raphaelite Woman Artists, 1997-98, no. 32.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitters have been identified as the older daughters of William Young of Dulwich, a Scot working for Lloyds as an underwriter, and Frances Galbraith, his Australian wife. Public records suggest that the children were aged 8 and 4 in 1870.

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