Walter Dendy Sadler - Lost in Thought

oil on canvas

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1854 - 1923.

Genre painter. Studied at Heatherley's Art School in London and in Dusseldorf. Exhibited at the RA and elsewhere, mainly costume pieces like the above. About 1896 he moved to Hemingford Crag in Huntingdon where he died. Very popular artist in his time.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/paint/sadler.htm

http://www.artnet.com/artist/23812/walter-dendy-sadler.html