Study for the head of Emma Hutchinson, Mrs. Sedgwick (1857-1936)
Frank Samuel Eastman (Anerley 1878 - 1964)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1934
Materials
Pastel on brown card
Measurements
390 x 290 mm
Order this imageCollection
Grantham House, Lincolnshire
NT 493372.1
Summary
Pastel on brown card, A Study for the head of Emma Hutchinson, Mrs Sedgwick (1857-1936) by Frank Samuel Eastman (Anerley 1878 – fl.1940). 1934. Oval. Head and shoulders portrait, facing, wearing purple stole, with fur collar, white undergarment and two necklaces. One of a pair of oval pastels. Signed by Frank Eastman and dated 1934. Composition is related to GRH/P/12.
Provenance
given to the National Trust by the Misses Winifred and Marion Sedgwick in 1944 - 50, having presumably been acquired or inherited by their mother, who became the tenant of Grantham House in 1884, and inherited it from her brother in 1924.
Marks and inscriptions
Front, bottom right: in brown chalk: Frank Eastman / 1934 Reverse: printed label of CHAPMAN BROS. (CHELSEA) / 241 KING'S RD. CHELSEA / No. [?]; and in ink: PATTERN FOR 74 & 75 [this doubtless refers to the frames of D8b, and what was doubtless a companion portrait of Miss Marion Sedgwick.]
Makers and roles
Frank Samuel Eastman (Anerley 1878 - 1964), publisher