SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES A.R.A. (BRITISH 1833-1898)
LADY ELIZABETH LEWIS
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Auction: Lots 336 - 597 | 05 September at 10am
Description
Signed with initials and inscribed and dated with sitter's initials E.B. 1881, pencil
Dimensions
36.25cm x 24.25cm (14.25in x 9.5in)
Provenance
Provenance: Lady Lewis, and thence by descent through the family
Footnote
Exhibited:
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London 1896, no.186;
Hayward Gallery, London; Southampton Art Gallery; City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898, 1976, cat.no.238
Note:
Elizabeth (Betty) Eberstadt, daughter of Ferdinand Eberstadt of Mannheim , married George Lewis in 1867. He was one of the most eminent solicitors of the day and was knighted for his services in connection with the Parnell Commission. Burne-Jones relied on him for professional advice, and by the 1880's and 90's had become a close friend of the Lewis family. He corresponded at length with Lady Lewis and the younger of the two daughters, Katie, and both mother and daughter sat to him for portraits or pencil drawings.