Lot 601: Frederick William Elwell (British, 1870-1958) Portrait of Florence Elwell, head and shoulders

Portrait of Florence Elwell, head and shoulders
signed 'Fred Elwell' lower left oil on canvas
40.5 x 30.5cm (15 15/16 x 12in).

Provenance: by descent in the sitter's family.

Exhibited: Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, August-November 1993 'Fred Elwell, R.A. - A Life in Art' (No 33),
also shown at
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, November 1993-January 1994

Literature: Loncaster (Wendy) Fred Elwell, R.A. A life in Art, (Beverley 1993) page 20.

Florence Elwell was Fred Elwell's niece. Loncaster records that from about 1894 Florence Elwell was brought up by Fred Elwell's parents in Park Villa, York Road, Beverley, following the death of her parents when she was 9 years old. The sitting lasted one hour.