#141

19th Century English Oil Painting "Young Girl with Doll" by Kate Grey
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23" (58 cm.) x 21" framed. (14" x 11" painting). Portraying a young girl seated on a high back chair, having short curly hair peeking from beneath her ruffled cap, and with green shawl wrapped around her shoulders. She clasps her favorite doll in rose gown in her arms. Excellent condition. Signed by the British artist Kate Grey, circa 1875. The artist whose genre was woman and children in homey settings is displayed in museums throughout Britain including Oxford Brookes University and Lancaster City Museum, and exhibited seven paintings at the Royal Society of British Artists.