01-07-201101-08-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2532BBoston
January 7, 2011 06:00 PMCalender
918

Attributed to Frederick Thomas Edwards (British, 1833-1895) Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair

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$1,896$1,600
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2532BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 08, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Attributed to Frederick Thomas Edwards (British, 1833-1895)

Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair
Unsigned, with a stencil from F.T. Edwards, 39 Norfolk Terrace, Westbourne Grove,
London, on the reverse, stamped "WINDSOR & NEWTON/ 38 RATHBONE PLACE/ LONDON" on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, craquelure, retouch.

N.B. F.T. Edwards was an artist and professor of drawing, painting and perspective, who operated at 39 Norfolk Terrace, Westbourne Grove, between 1870-1887. (1) Though he was known as an artist or instructor rather than an art supply dealer, canvases marked with his name have been recorded from the 1860s and 1870s. (2) Windsor & Newton operated at 38 Rathbone Place, between 1833-1938. (3)

(1) http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/e.php
(2) Ibid.
(3) http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/w.php
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Keywords

N.B. F.T. Edwards, WINDSOR, Frederick Thomas Edwards, Woman with Red Hair, London, artist and professor of drawing, art supply dealer, http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/e.php, http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/w.php