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Oil Painting

Artist/Maker
Giles, J. S. (vendors)
Place of origin
Farnham (made)

Oil on board image of an unidentified female with a diaphanous veil, possibly Ellen Tree, three-quarters length, no date

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
Materials and techniques
Oil painting
Brief description
Oil on board image of an unidentified female with a diaphanous veil, possibly Ellen Tree, three-quarters length, no date
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Width: 12.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J.S. Giles' Old Curiosity Shop, 11 and 12 Castle Street, Farnham, Decorative, Ancient Oak, Chippendale and other Furniture, Musical Instruments, Bronzes, etc., Rare Old China, Curious Pictures in Oil and Water Colors, Engravings, Prints, Paintings of Ivory and Glass. Also a beautiful collection of Ancient Silk and Satin Needlework, Pictures. (Several hundred of these choice Specimens) and many Curiosities and Articles of Vertu of all kinds.' (Reverse)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996
Production
11 and 12 Castle Street, Farnham
Subject depicted
Tree, Ellen
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.609-1997

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Record createdOctober 20, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1139082/oil-painting-giles-j-s/
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