Lot 263
  • 263

William Strutt

Estimate
16,000 - 20,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Strutt
  • THE EMBARRASSED MOTHER, A SCRAP FROM THE COUNTRY
  • Signed and inscribed with title on label on reverse
  • Oil on canvas
  • 30cm diameter
  • Painted circa 1867

Exhibited

Society of British Artists, London, 1867, cat. 295 (£12)

Literature

Heather Curnow, The Life and Art of William Strutt, Martinborough, New Zealand: Alistair Taylor, 1980, (cat. 36), p. 192

Condition

Overall, work is in excellent original condition. Work is framed in original plaster gilt frame.
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