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April 16, 2008
A Girl Sewing
My cousin left me this painting in his will. It used to hang in his study, in his house on Anglesey.
Girl Sewing, oil on canvas, 440mm x 370mm
Don’t know why he left me this particular painting. It’s a bit of a mystery. I often went to see him, when I was at college in Liverpool, but I can’t remember seeing this picture, let alone admiring it.
It’s full of Victorian attention to detail and demonstrates deft skill with the oil paint, especially when you consider that these details are only about 80mm across [that's 3" for those still stuck in the Dark Ages].
The back suggests it could be by either Thomas Webster RA or Thomas Brooks.
Sir Kyffin Williams, photographed in his studio in 1974, by me, JC
Posted by john at April 16, 2008 12:15 PM
Comments
GIRL SEWING.........where is her dreadlocks ? : ) x
Posted by: paula at April 16, 2008 02:30 PM
I like the painting - like a lot of Victorian paintings - as a piece of social history, rather than as a painting.
Posted by: Daphne at April 16, 2008 09:39 PM