George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
John Boston
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1949
Materials
Oil on hardboard
Measurements
365 x 238 mm (14 1/3 x 9 1/3 in)
Order this imageCollection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275297
Summary
Oil painting on hardboard, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) by John Boston (fl.1949), 1949. A head and beard portrait of the writer, on dark grey ground, head shown in greys and browns, the eye sockets and mouth black, with a spot of light on his forehead.
Provenance
Bequeathed by by George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed bottom left; "JOHN BOSTON 1949"
Makers and roles
John Boston, artist