Lot 121: Annie Dixon (1817-1901)

Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant (1837-1884) and Eleanor Frances Susan Douglas (b.1839), seated on a gold upholstered chair; the former, wearing blue velvet spotted dress with matching sash, white frilled chemise and socks, black patent shoes, his brown hair worn short and parted to the left, he holds a lily stalk between his fingers; the latter, wearing white off-the-shoulder dress edged with lace, the sleeves dressed with blue ribbon bows, white socks and black patent shoes, her brown hair centrally parted and curled in ringlets framing her face, she holds a bouquet of pink roses in her arms.
Pencil and watercolour on paper, mounted within rectangular gilt wood frame.
Rectangular, 296mm (11 5/8in) high
Provenance: Ellison Fine Art