Joseph Southall - Madge Metcalfe
Joseph Southall - Madge Metcalfe
JS65
JOSEPH SOUTHALL, RWS, NEAC, RBSA
(1861-1944)
Portrait of Madge Metcalfe in a Hat
Inscribed, dated and signed l.r.: Madge Metcalfe / Banbury / 26.vii.1905 / JES
Pencil
17.5 by 11 cm,; 6 ¾ by 4 ¼ in.
Provenance:
The artist’s cousin, Isabel Harlock, and thence by descent.
Margaret Metcalf was the daughter of Leonard Metcalfe, the accountant and manager of the busy Banbury wharf of the Oxford Canal. She was born in 1896 and she would therefore have been aged nine at the time of this portrait. The Metcalfes lived in Banbury Market Place, close to John Harlock’s drapery shop and it is likely they may have been family friends.
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Portrait of Madge Metcalfe in a HatInscribed, dated and signed l.r.: Madge Metcalfe / Banbury / 26.vii.1905 / JESPencil17.5 by 11 cm,; 6 ¾ by 4 ¼ in.Provenance:The artist’s cousin, Isabel Harlock, and thence by descent.Margaret Metcalf was the daughter of Leonard Metcalfe, the accountant and manager of the busy Banbury wharf of the Oxford Canal. She was born in 1896 and she would therefore have been aged nine at the time of this portrait. The Metcalfes lived in Banbury Market Place, close to John Harlock’s drapery shop and it is likely they may have been family friends. ){kind=link}