WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH 1826-1916), BEAUTY'S MIRROR

WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH 1826-1916) BEAUTY'S MIRROR Oil on canvas Signed and dated '1890' (lower left) 95.5 x 108cm (37½ x 42½in.) Provenance: Acquired by W. H. Wick Esq., 20 March 1899 Sale, Sotheby's, London, Victorian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 29 March 1983, lot 141 (as 'A Good Likeness') Private collection, UK Sale, Rosebery's, London, Old Master, British & European Pictures, 20 November 2024, lot 315 (as 'A Good Likeness') Exhibited: Birmingham, 1890 and 1894 (as ‘The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Forms’) Manchester, Queen’s Park, 1891 (as ‘Reflection, judging the Effect’) Oldham, 1892 Isle of Man, 1892, no.113 Bristol 1893, no.196 (as ‘Beauty’s Mirror’) Crystal Palace, 1894 Derby, 1894, no.24 Cardiff, 1896 Literature: Sydenham Gazette, 23 June 1894, p.3 Birmingham Daily Gazette, 26 September 1894, p.8 Derbyshire Advertiser, 11 October 1895 Kidderminster Times, 9 October 1897 Letters from W. H. Wick to W. M. Egley, 30 March and 7 April 1899, V&A Catalogue of Pictures, Drawings and Designs by W. Maw Egley, vol. III, pp. 42-4, no.953, V&A The present work depicts the sitter in the dress of Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire. It was widely exhibited for nearly a decade where it was well reviewed, assuming various titles until it was sold in 1899. Condition Report Disclaimer, WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH 1826-1916), BEAUTY'S MIRROR, WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH 1826-1916) BEAUTY'S MIRROR Oil on canvas Signed and dated '1890' (lower left) 95.5 x 108cm (37½ x 42½in.) Provenance: Acquired by W. H. Wick Esq., 20 March 1899 Sale, Sotheby's, London, Victorian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 29 March 1983, lot 141 (as 'A Good Likeness') Private collection, UK Sale, Rosebery's, London, Old Master, British & European Pictures, 20 November 2024, lot 315 (as 'A Good Likeness') Exhibited: Birmingham, 1890 and 1894 (as ‘The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Forms’) Manchester, Queen’s Park, 1891 (as ‘Reflection, judging the Effect’) Oldham, 1892 Isle of Man, 1892, no.113 Bristol 1893, no.196 (as ‘Beauty’s Mirror’) Crystal Palace, 1894 Derby, 1894, no.24 Cardiff, 1896 Literature: Sydenham Gazette, 23 June 1894, p.3 Birmingham Daily Gazette, 26 September 1894, p.8 Derbyshire Advertiser, 11 October 1895 Kidderminster Times, 9 October 1897 Letters from W. H. Wick to W. M. Egley, 30 March and 7 April 1899, V&A Catalogue of Pictures, Drawings and Designs by W. Maw Egley, vol. III, pp. 42-4, no.953, V&A The present work depicts the sitter in the dress of Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire. It was widely exhibited for nearly a decade where it was well reviewed, assuming various titles until it was sold in 1899. Provenance:, Victorian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, Old Master, British & European Pictures, Exhibited:, Literature:, Sydenham Gazette, Birmingham Daily Gazette, Derbyshire Advertiser, Kidderminster Times, Letters from W. H. Wick to W. M. Egley, Catalogue of Pictures, Drawings and Designs by W. Maw Egley, Condition Report Disclaimer

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