Lot 63: Jane M. Dealy (British, fl.1879-1903)

And She Went To Market All on a Market Day
signed 'Jane M. Dealy' (lower right); inscribed 'And She Went To Market All on a Market Day' (upper left)
oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 50 in. (102 x 127 cm.)
Painted circa 1883

London, Royal Academy, 1883, no. 57.

Anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, June 18 1992, lot 176.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 5 March 1993, lot 124.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1999, lot 151.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Jane Dealy, who became Lady Lewis after her marriage in 1887 to Sir Walter Lewis, was a painter of genre scenes, predominantly of children. She exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1881 to 1903 and was also a well-known childrens' book illustrator. She provided illustrations for five books by Frederic Edward Weatherly, including The Land of the Little People, Goosey Gander, Little Pickle, Sixes and Sevens and Tens and Elevens, and Hymns for Children by Sir Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert and Sullivan fame.