Mary Ann West, Mrs Frederick Boehmer (b. 1835)
Bertha Lowenthal
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1851
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 121577
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Ann West, Mrs Frederick Boehmer (b. 1835) by Bertha Lowenthal (according to label on back), circa 1851. A head-and-shoulders oval painted portrait of the maternal grandmother of Agatha Christie, called 'Grannie B' by her, with white dress with pink roses, possibly at the time of her wedding in 1851.
Provenance
Given by Mrs Rosalind Hicks, Anthony Hicks and Mathew Prichard, 2006
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: in heavy brown ink on label stuck to back of canvas: Bertha Lowenthal / Eccleston Studios / 49 Hugh Street, SW / Title [u/lined] Mrs Frederick Boehmer / Miss Mary Ann West
Makers and roles
Bertha Lowenthal, artist