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Auction T20 30 Sep 2021
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LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy Antique School, ivory, legend around 1768, rev. named (M.I. Dovaston, Admitted 1st Term of 3 Years 27th Jany. 1903, Renewed 2nd Term of 2 Years 30th Jany. 1906), 50mm, 10.38g (W 1034; D & W 63/141). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£260
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Margaret Isabel Dovaston (1884-1954), artist, Ealing and Acton; b Wandsworth, eldest child of Adolphus Dovaston, an architect; educ. at home in Ealing, later at Ealing School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art under its founder, Arthur Stockdale Cope, RA; won a scholarship to the RA Schools, 1903, winning silver medals in 1904, 1905 and 1907; exhibited at the RA 1908 and 1910; extensive exhibition of oil paintings and watercolours at Walker's Gallery, London, 1910, and the Royal Society of British Artists, 1910-13; founding member of the Ealing Art Guild (later Ealing Arts Club), 1910; commercial and war artist for publications including Deeds that Thrill the Empire; produced the famous night-time watercolour of troops from the East Surrey Regt taking Étappe 60 (Hill 60) in April 1915, when three VCs were won, which was displayed at the regimental museum until destroyed by fire six years ago; moved to Acton 1925, and created many historical genre paintings of 18th and early 19th century figures in Georgian costume, marketed by her agent, Mitchell's of Duke street, St James's; during World War II she served as an ARP warden. Sold with further background information.
Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy Antique School, ivory, legend around 1768, rev. named (M.I. Dovaston, Admitted 1st Term of 3 Years 27th Jany. 1903, Renewed 2nd Term of 2 Years 30th Jany. 1906), 50mm, 10.38g (W 1034; D & W 63/141). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£260
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Margaret Isabel Dovaston (1884-1954), artist, Ealing and Acton; b Wandsworth, eldest child of Adolphus Dovaston, an architect; educ. at home in Ealing, later at Ealing School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art under its founder, Arthur Stockdale Cope, RA; won a scholarship to the RA Schools, 1903, winning silver medals in 1904, 1905 and 1907; exhibited at the RA 1908 and 1910; extensive exhibition of oil paintings and watercolours at Walker's Gallery, London, 1910, and the Royal Society of British Artists, 1910-13; founding member of the Ealing Art Guild (later Ealing Arts Club), 1910; commercial and war artist for publications including Deeds that Thrill the Empire; produced the famous night-time watercolour of troops from the East Surrey Regt taking Étappe 60 (Hill 60) in April 1915, when three VCs were won, which was displayed at the regimental museum until destroyed by fire six years ago; moved to Acton 1925, and created many historical genre paintings of 18th and early 19th century figures in Georgian costume, marketed by her agent, Mitchell's of Duke street, St James's; during World War II she served as an ARP warden. Sold with further background information.
Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions