Laura Muntz Lyall (Canadian 1860-1930)
Portrait of Bobbie MacLure
oil on canvas, signed lower left "Laura Muntz", circa 1914
Provenance:
Commissioned by Samuel MacLure - see interior photograph from
Samuel MacLure's living room in residence "The Haven" near Beach
Drive and Beresford Place in Victoria circa 1916 showing Laura
Muntz's portraits of Bobbie and Cathy MacLure to the right of the
fireplace.
Literature:
Daily Colonist, Victoria November 21, 1914 page 7: Splendid
Collection of Art Exhibits (5th Annual Exhibition of the Island Arts
and Crafts Society) - "Miss Laura Muntz's 'Portrait of a Child' No. 4 is
exquisite in color and delicately handled, and her 'Portrait of Miss
MacLure' No. 191 is one of the gems of the exhibition".
Size: 14 x 10 in (with frame 17 ½ x 14 ½ in)
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