Lot 58
Jessica Ellen Hayllar (1858-1940)
Lot 58 Details
Jessica Ellen Hayllar (1858-1940), British
GOING TO MY UNCLE'S (THE GOODS AND CHATTELS), 1880
Oil on board; signed "Jessica Hayllar" and dated 1880 lower right, titled and inscribed by the artist to a handwritten pen and ink label verso certifying this work. Framed.
10.4 ins x 7 ins; 26.5 cms x 17.8 cms; Framed 14.25 ins x 11.35 ins; 36.2 cms x 28.8 cms
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
Additional Images
Provenance:
MacConnal-Mason & Son Ltd., London, England gallery label, verso;
Sotheby's New York, NY, July 9, 1999, Lot 571;
Christopher Wood, London UK;
Estate Collection, Ontario
Exhibited:
This was the artist's first painting exhibited at The Royal Academy, London, UK. The relevant page from the catalogue of "The Exhibition of the Royal Academy", 1880, the 112th, entry no. 79, p.7 is adhered to the verso.
Note:
The handwritten note on the verso, written to the unidentified collector that purchased this work reads: "The "Goods and Chattels" I have selected as those most likely to be amongst the first to be sacrificed to the Pawnbrokers. I, Jessica Ellen Hayllar, am the eldest daughter of the well known artist Mr. James Hayllar. The picture you have done me the honour to purchase is the first I have exhibited in the Royal Academy. I had two pictures in the Dudley Gallery last year which were placed on the line of sight & were most favorably noticed." signed "J.E.H.".
Along with another aged typeset document, headed "Gallery No. 1" which appears to be a loose page from the catalogue of works which were exhibited in The Royal Academy.
CONDITION DETAILS
The pigments are clean and fresh. Possibly some frame abrasion/wear to the very edges of the panel.
Black light: Cleaned and touched with small overpaint to the upper left corner where there is a vertical spot of overpaint about 2 inches tall; 'C-shaped' spot of overpaint to the left ground next to the red shawl measuring approx. 2" x 2"; a touch of overpaint at the right side next to the last pleat of the striped cloth that is a strengthening line.