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FEBRUARY 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Edwin Harris (English, 1855 – 1906), Victorian oil on panel painting "Girl in a yellow bonnet." Signed by the artist on the lower left. Illegibly inscribed verso. Housed in a giltwood and gesso frame. Please refer to the Alexander Gallery paper labels attached to the backside. Note: Edwin Harris was an English painter from Ladywood, Birmingham. Harris entered the Birmingham School of Art at the age of fourteen, where he worked under Charles Morgan, F G Jackson and Edward R Taylor. Fellow students included Walter Langley, William John Wainwright and William Breakspeare. Harris was appointed as assistant master and after two years set up his own studio, painting pictures and giving lessons. In 1880 he progressed to Verlat’s Academy in Antwerp with Wainwright. He began exhibiting at the RBSA and was an early member of the Art Circle formed to encourage younger artists. Harris was elected Associate in 1885 and a Member in 1886 of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 15 1/2 in., (32.5 x 40 cm.)
Condition: Very good with a nice craquelure.
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