
Carrington met Mrs Box, a farmer's wife, while on holiday at Welcombe in Cornwall and this portrait gives an honest depiction of a Cornish working woman. Carrington attended the Girl's Grammar School in Beford and it was here that she excelled in art which prompted her parents to permit her to enrol at the Slade School of Art.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Mrs Box, 1919
Date supported
2005
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.4 x 76.2 cm
Grant
7500
Total cost
25000

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