Portrait of a woman, known as ‘Mammy Liza’
Winifred Hope Thomson (1864 - Beaconsfield 1944)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1890 - 1940
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
368 x 279 mm (14 1/2 x 11 in)
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Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 1507745
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Portrait of a woman, known as ‘Mammy Liza’ by Winifred Hope Thomson (1864 - Beaconsfield 1944). Bust-length portrait of a woman, head facing right with short hair or hair pulled back behind her head, wearing a v-neck terracotta top with white undergarment. A label for C. Roberson & Co on the back of the picture is inscribed, 'Winifred Hope Thomson 59 Pont St S.W. "Mammy Liza"
Full description
This painting depicts a woman known as 'Mammy Liza and is by the artist Winifred Hope Thomson (1864-1944)-. Research is ongoing into the sitter and her identity. Thomson studied at the National Art Training School in South Kensington and was the first woman to be awarded a gold medal in the national competition open to all students at Government Art Schools. In the late 1880s Thomson studied in Paris at the 'atelier des dames' under the direction of Carolus Duran and Jean Jacques Henner. Her name and address are recorded in Henners diary from 1888, 'Mlle Miss Winifred Thomson rue des Champs 72 mardi a 5 heures'. Thomson exhibited work at the Women's International Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1900 .She became renowned for her portrait miniatures of wealthy society figures and exhibited her work in Paris and at the Society of Miniaturists in London where she was also an elected member.
Provenance
Presented with Dorneywood by Sir Courtauld Thomson (1865 – 1954) to the National Trust in 1942
Credit line
Dorneywood, The Courtauld Thomsom Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Winifred Hope Thomson (1864 - Beaconsfield 1944)