European & British Art
European & British Art
Property from a British Private Collection
Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A.
Portrait of Helen Dorothea McCulloch Jowitt
Lot Closed
December 15, 05:14 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a British Private Collection
Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A.
British
1856 - 1941
Portrait of Helen Dorothea McCulloch Jowitt
signed J Lavery lower left and signed, inscribed and dated MRS. FREK. MCC. JOWITT. / BY / JOHN LAVERY / 5 CROMWELL PL / LONDON. / 1913 on the reverse
oil on canvas
Unframed: 76.3 by 63.5cm., 30 by 25in.
Framed: 99.5 by 86.5cm., 39¼ and 34in.
Commissioned by the sitter and her husband Frederick McCulloch Jowitt; thence by descent to the present owner
Helen Dorothea Hope Benson was born in 1867 in Ontario, Canada the daughter of William Thomas Benson. She married Frederick McCulloch Jowitt on 22 August 1900 in Ontario and died in Harrogate 12 October 1952.