Art - Ambrose McEvoy

Inventory of artwork by Arthur Ambrose McEvoy.

14/46   ( 1St sitting for a portrait. Study Daphne Baring

14/46 ( 1St sitting for a portrait. Study Daphne Baring

3/4 length portrait, full face body slightly turned to left. Face finished, torso and background light with areas of yellow ochre in lower torso

Locationprivate collection U.K.
Medium (select)
Height (inches)40
Width (inches)30
Framedyes
Finished work?no
NotesFrame not original
Condition reportPainting has been cleaned nd varnished.
14/47 Chelsea Bridge

14/47 Chelsea Bridge

River landscape with Chelsea bridge approx 2/3 of height of painting. Tress on LHS with reflections in the water.

LocationOttawa
Medium (select)
Height (inches)30
Width (inches)40
Framedyes
Year (earliest)1920
Year (latest)1927
Finished work?yes
NotesOriginal frame (impressionist)
Condition reportFace: area of sky and LHS in need of cleaning. Fine canvas, paint generally thinly applied. Original Frame. Reverse: 6 of 8 keys present.
14/48 Miss Margaret Gainsborough

14/48 Miss Margaret Gainsborough

Appears to be a very faithful copy of Gainsborough's original. Thin paint layer with fine canvas weave visible in areas. Note: painting is # 34 in catalogue of exhibition Leicester Gallery May-June 1927

LocationOttawa
Medium (select)
Height (inches)30
Width (inches)25
Framedyes
Year (earliest)1899
Year (latest)1904
Finished work?yes
NotesOriginal frame, hand carved wood.
Condition reportFace: fine canvas weave visible in areas of thin paint, even scattering of fine white paint spots over surface, paint sound overall. Revese: Stretcher bar has been stained. Canvas fine, dusty. 8 of 8 keys present
14/49 study for "the invalid"

14/49 study for "the invalid"

interior, foreground the invalid reclinig on a chaise longue, window in the background. Interior dark.

LocationOttawa
Medium (select)
Height (inches)24
Width (inches)30
Framedno
Year (earliest)1899
Year (latest)1905
Notessitter is the artists wife Mary.
Condition reportFace: canvas sound, much dust, image dark, Heavy bloom on canvas.
14/50  Naval portrait

14/50 Naval portrait

Oil on Board/panel. Portrait of a naval officer, 1/2 length. painted on board. Uniform with medals, tie & cap.

LocationOttawa
Medium (select)
Height (inches)34
Width (inches)26
Framedyes
Year (earliest)1916
Year (latest)1918
Finished work?yes
Condition reportPaint is sound with some blooming and minor scratches.