Online Auction 21037British and European Art
SIR FRANK (FRANCIS BERNARD) DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928)
Lot 98

SIR FRANK (FRANCIS BERNARD) DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928)

Portrait of Maude Moore, head-and-shoulders, in a pink dress with white shawl

Closed15 July 2022

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GBP 15,000–25,000

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SIR FRANK (FRANCIS BERNARD) DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928)
Portrait of Maude Moore, head-and-shoulders, in a pink dress with white shawl
signed with initials and dated 'F D 94' (upper right)
oil on board
15 3⁄4 x 12 in. (40 x 30.5 cm.)

Maude Sutton Palmer (née Moore), and by descent to
Elizabeth Henly Wyatt Baruch; Christie's, London, 8 March 2001, lot 281.
with Christopher Wood, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Maude Moore married the artist Harry Sutton Palmer and was the mother of Camille Sutton Palmer. Palmer exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of 16, initially showing still-lives, but later he turning to landscape painting in watercolour, inspired particularly by David Cox, William Müller and Peter de Wint. From 1904 he worked as regular illustrator of the A & C Black Colour Plate Books, starting with A.R.H. Moncrieff's Bonnie Scotland.

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