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Ruben Sayers
The Scottish Flower Girl with a Doe

Circa 1850

About the Item

Canvas Size: 30 x 30" (76 x 76cm) Outside Frame Size: 37 x 37" (94 x 94cm) Unsigned Provenance: Christies REUBEN Thomas William SAYER(S) 1815 - 1888 British Painter born in 1815 in Birmingham and brought up in Taunton, Somerset where his father Robert was Barrack Sergeant. Painter of genre and portraits, his first known portraits were painted in 1840 of William Quekett, headmaster of the Grammar School and his family. Around this time he moved to London where he lived for the rest of his life, apart from 1843 – 1845 when he lived in Edinburgh. In 1842 he married Eliza Mellis and had three daughters and two sons. She died in 1852 and he married for the second time in 1853 a Mary Anne Parker, a widow, she died in 1868 and he then married for a third time to Sarah Gould Marchant, a lady from North Curry, Somerset in 1876 and had a further two sons. He died on 18 October 1888 in Hammersmith Exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1841 – 1867 on thirteen occasions British Institute x 9 Society of British Artists x 9 Royal Hibernian Academy x 2 Portland Gallery x 21 Royal Scottish Academy x 8 West Scotland Academy of Fine Arts x 6 Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham x 13 Royal Manchester Institution x 28 Liverpool Academy of Arts x 5 Among his sitters were Lord Kensington, Field Marshal Vicsount Beresford, Alexander Beresford-Hope, Rt. Hon W.E. Gladstone in His Robes as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The museum of Salford had a work entitled ‘The Fiancee’, All Saints Church, Langport, St. Peters Church, Hever, Kent, Hatfield House and Hardwick Hall all have his paintings on display
  • Creator:
    Ruben Sayers (1815 - 1888, English)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1850
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 37 in (93.98 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    The painting is in the beautul, original frame as chosen by the artist. It has been relined for preservation purposes.
  • Gallery Location:
    St. Albans, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2469212043832
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