Leonard Campbell Taylor R.A.

STRUCTURE The canvas has been relined and is in good, stable condition. PAINT SURFACE The paint surface is in good, clean condition; ready to hang. ULTRAVIOLET UV light reveals traces of retouching to frame abrasions along the left and right borders. FRAME Held in a plaster gilt frame in fair condition.
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This charming study of a beautiful young model arranging narcissi in an elegant interior, probably dates from the first decade of the twentieth century when Taylor painted a series of pictures which have been described as; 'small panels with which the artist first drew attention to his individual art, and endeared it to a distinguished public who knew that the telling of a story is not the primary function of a work of the visual - as distinct from the literary arts.' (Herbert Furst, L. Campbell Taylor, R.A. - His Place in Art, 1945, p. 60)