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Portrait of Margaret Herkomer (© Bushey Museum and Art Gallery)
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© Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Portrait of Margaret Herkomer

Artist: Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914)

Location: Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Date: 1894

Materials: watercolour

Dimensions: 17 x 12 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £505 (Total: £2,011)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 3762 (1992)

Provenance:
Given by the artist to Siegfried, his son by his first wife; then by descent, through the artist's family.

Description:
Herkomer's first two wives died early into marriage but in 1888 he married Margaret, the sister of his late second wife and subject of this portrait. Herkomer made his home and studio in Bushey in 1873.

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