This stunning intimate genre scene depicts the artist's daughter Margaret, and the infant is most likely his son Arthur. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1861 as "Convalescent", exhibited in the Great Room, south-east angle. This work is described by Cope himself as one of "such small paintings of a domestic character, done from my own children."
Charles West Cope was educated at the Royal Academy. He travelled widely, studying in Paris and travelling throughout Italy, painting in Venice for two years. He was elected Professor of painting at the Royal Academy and lectured until 1875. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and British Institute between 1833 and 1882. He is best remembered for his small intimate cabinet pictures of contemporary genre, particularly his sympathetic studies of mothers with children.
Charles West Cope (British 1811-1890)
Eating Oranges, 1860
oil on panel, signed with monogram and dated lower left "CWC 1860"
Provenance:
Exhibited Royal Academy 1861 number 126
J. Fores, Esq., purchased from the artist
Engle Estate, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Literature:
The Art Journal, 1861, page 167
Charles Henry Cope, Reminiscenses of Charles West Cope, R.A.
Richard Bentley & Sons, London 1891, pages 242, 384
Size: 16 ¾ x 14 in (with frame: 25 ¼ x 22 in)
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