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341 - WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH 1826-1916)BEAUTY'S MIRROROil on canvasSigned and dated '1890' (lower left)95.5 x 108cm (37½ x 42½in.)Provenance:Acquired by W. H. Wick Esq., 20 March 1899Sale, Sotheby's, London, Victorian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 29 March 1983, lot 141 (as 'A Good Likeness')Private collection, UKSale, 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, 1892Isle of Man, 1892, no.113Bristol 1893, no.196 (as ‘Beauty’s Mirror’)Crystal Palace, 1894Derby, 1894, no.24Cardiff, 1896Literature:Sydenham Gazette, 23 June 1894, p.3Birmingham Daily Gazette, 26 September 1894, p.8Derbyshire Advertiser, 11 October 1895Kidderminster Times, 9 October 1897Letters from W. H. Wick to W. M. Egley, 30 March and 7 April 1899, V&ACatalogue of Pictures, Drawings and Designs by W. Maw Egley, vol. III, pp. 42-4, no.953, V&AThe 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.
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WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH 1826-1916)BEAUTY'S MIRROROil on canvasSigned and dated '1890' (lower left)95.5 x 108cm (37½ x 42½in.)Provenance:Acquired by W. H. Wick Esq., 20 March 1899Sale, Sotheby's, London, Victorian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 29 March 1983, lot 141 (as 'A Good Likeness')Private collection, UKSale, 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, 1892Isle of Man, 1892, no.113Bristol 1893, no.196 (as ‘Beauty’s Mirror’)Crystal Palace, 1894Derby, 1894, no.24Cardiff, 1896Literature:Sydenham Gazette, 23 June 1894, p.3Birmingham Daily Gazette, 26 September 1894, p.8Derbyshire Advertiser, 11 October 1895Kidderminster Times, 9 October 1897Letters from W. H. Wick to W. M. Egley, 30 March and 7 April 1899, V&ACatalogue of Pictures, Drawings and Designs by W. Maw Egley, vol. III, pp. 42-4, no.953, V&AThe 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.
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