John St. Helier Lander - Portrait of Elsie Esther Cornish, aged 7, seated at a table with her doll and tea set - image-1

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John St. Helier Lander - Portrait of Elsie Esther Cornish, aged 7, seated at a table with her doll and tea set

Auction 1231 - overview Cologne
18.11.2023, 14:30 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part II
Estimate: 7.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 7.560 € (incl. premium)
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John St. Helier Lander

Portrait of Elsie Esther Cornish, aged 7, seated at a table with her doll and tea set

Oil on canvas. 92 x 101 cm.
Signed and dated lower left: J.H. Lander / Nov 15 1889.

John St. Helier Lander was a well-known and sought-after portrait painter during his lifetime. He added the St. to his name in honor of his birthplace, Saint Helier in the Channel Islands. After training in Paris and at the Royal Academy in London, he returned to Jersey in 1892. He became an art teacher at a Ladies College and set up a studio in St Helier. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Jersey and specialized in portraiture, painting both people from Jersey and many of the leading military figures of the First World War.

This portrait of a young girl is impressive for its freshness and closeness to life. Elsie, daughter of James and Esther Cornish, was born on 31st October 1882 in Samares, St Clement, Jersey. She married Henry Le Couteur in 1906.

Provenance

Auction Christie's, South Kensington: Christie‘s Interiors Including Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours From The Collection of The Late John Appleby, 1.3.2011, lot 492. - With Martel Maides, Guernsey, 12.12.2019, Lot 757. - Private collection, Guernsey C.I. (Great Britain).