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Alfred Joseph Woolmer, RA, British 1805-1892- A lady at a window, shading her face with a...
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Alfred Joseph Woolmer, RA,
British 1805-1892-
A lady at a window, shading her face with a fan;
oil on canvas, signed with initials 'a.j.w.' (lower right), further signed 'A J Woolmer' on the reverse, 45.5 x 35.6 cm.
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 3 November 1989, lot 124 (sold for £1,800 hammer).
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
Wooler's subject matter covered the literary and historical genre. He was exceptionally prolific and, by age sixty, the number of works he had exhibited had reached 355 at the Society of British Artists, 45 at the British Institution, and 12 at the Royal Academy.
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