Image: www.keysauctions.co.uk.
“Agnes Garrett – at Agnes’ holiday home in Rustington, [painted] in the summer of 1885. The subject not only looks like Agnes, but I can see Sussex knapped flints in the wall behind her.” (Elizabeth Crawford – Woman and Her Sphere, retrieved 18 Mar 2023).
Also titled “Portrait of a Lady by flowering Ivy” or “… standing by flowering ivy” on some web pages.
- Media: oil on canvas, relined.
- Dimensions: 730 x 1270 (0.93 m²), unframed, Key’s Auctions.
- History: 1885 (see above); “signed lower right”, Lacy Scott and Knight; visible in photo of Manchester 1923 exhibition; auctioned Christie’s, 7 Sep 2005, unsold; auctioned Lacy Scott and Knight, 15 Jun 2014, “Portrait of a young lady wearing a cream dress and silk neckscarf,” sold; auctioned Key’s, Aylesham, Norfolk (archive.org), 8 Aug 2014, sold.
- Location: unknown.
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