Thursday, September 2, 2010

Charles Sillem Lidderdale - Study of a young woman's head



Price Realized £6,931

oil on paper
11 1/8 x 10 in. (28.2 x 25.2 cm.)

A London genre painter, Lidderdale exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Suffolk Street between 1851 and 1893. His subjects were mostly single figures in landscapes, especially pretty farm girls. This study is most likely for one of these single figure paintings.

2 comments:

Dolls from the Attic said...

I like this very much. she really is beautiful!

Hermes said...

He captures her face so well.