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Philippa Burrell, the Artist's Daughter, Aged 9

Oil Painting
1917 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Burrell, Louie (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Great Britain (painted)

Portrait of Philippa Burrell aged nine.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Woman Artist
Object type
Oil painting
Titles
  • Philippa Burrell, the Artist's Daughter, Aged 9
  • Philippa, Los Angeles (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard
Oil Paint
Millboard
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Philippa Burrell, the Artist's Daughter, Aged 9', Louie Burrell, 1917
Physical description
Portrait of Philippa Burrell aged nine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.6cm
  • Width: 40.2cm
  • Framed (max.) height: 620mm
  • Framed (max.) width: 520mm
  • Framed depth: 33mm
Measured 22/05/07 by Emma Luker and Rachel Sloan
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
Signed L. Burrell
Credit line
Given by Miss Philippa Burrell, daughter of the artist
Object history
Given by Miss Philippa Burrell, daughter of the artist, 1995

Historical significance: Louie Burrell, née Luker (1873-1971) was a miniature painter and watercolourist. She studied with Hubert von Herkomer at his art school in Bushy from 1900 to 1904. By this time she had already begun to practise as a miniature painter; she began to exhibit miniatures at the Royal Academy in 1901. Aristocratic and royal patronage followed, and her later sitters included Prince George of Battenburg and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1912 Burrell was elected an Associate of the Royal Minature Society.

This portrait of the artist's daughter Philippa, then aged nine, shows her wearing a fashionable sailor suit. At the time Burrell, a widow since 1908, and her daughter were living in Los Angeles.

The painting was presented to the V&A in 1995 by the sitter, Philippa Burrell, along with eight watercolours by her mother.
Subjects depicted
Child
Burrell, Philippa
Bibliographic references
  • Philippa Burrell and Jim Murrell, Louie Burrell: A Woman Painter: a short biography (Hull: University of Hull Art Collections, 1996), no. 73.
  • Taken from R.P. 94/2399
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1241-1995

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Record createdMay 23, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135279/philippa-burrell-the-artists-daughter-oil-painting-burrell-louie/
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