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George Wells
Portrait of Chlorinda with Letter - British art Victorian genre oil painting

Circa 1880

About the Item

This charming oil portrait painting is by noted British Victorian artist George Wells. Painted circa 1880 we know the elegant sitter is Chlorinda but her relationship to Wells is unknown. Chlorinda sits at a dressing table with a letter on her lap and appears lost in thought. A charming painting in a fine gilded Victorian Watts frame. Signed lower right. Provenance. Sussex estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 24 inches by 17 inches and in good condition. Housed in a gilt frame, 30 inches by 23 inches framed and in good condition. George Wells (1842-1888). A painter of genre, literary subjects, portraits and landscape, Wells lived in London and Bristol. He exhibited between 1842 and 1888 at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Suffolk Street, New Watercolour Society and elsewhere.
  • Creator:
    George Wells (1811, British)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1880
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU853113399202
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