Live Auction 2237The Scholars Eye: Property from the Julius Held Collection Part I
Joseph Southall (Nottingham 1861-1944)
Lot 20

Joseph Southall (Nottingham 1861-1944)

Portrait of Anna Elizabeth Baker

Closed27 January 2009

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Joseph Southall (Nottingham 1861-1944)
Portrait of Anna Elizabeth Baker
signed with initials and dated 'JS 1893'
metalpoint corrected with white on prepared paper
15½ x 8½ in. (395 x 216 mm.)

E. Allen.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1978, lot 59.
With Christopher Wood Gallery, London, 1980.

Specialist note

Baker (1859-1947) was Southall's first cousin and wife, and the couple waited until she was past child bearing age to get married in 1903. This portrait was made a decade before their marriage. According to the 1980 exhibition catalogue, Southall showed the portrait to Sir Edward Burne-Jones who called it 'a beautiful drawing.'