Thursday, March 19, 2009

John Atkinson Grimshaw - Slyboots


1876
oil on board
A portrait (the only one I have personally come across of his works) of his daughter Enid, aged 11. She later became a successful contalto singer. Most striking to my mind.
A large number of his paintings
short biography

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Hermes said...

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