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this painting is in a different frame than the one illustrated in the catalogue for Christine Woodside's 2021 exhibition Memories Near & Far

Her work is deceptively quiet and unassuming

It does happen occasionally but short of the painter using a pseudonym to dodge a gallery contract – as often happened – or a joker adding their name for some spurious reason

He also got to spend much of his time in the beauty of the countryside he so adored

trying to get warmth from the sunlight through the window but she feels very insubstantial

A Victorian Child show_depth this painting is in aWe dont know the painter of this exquisite child, a young boy painted in the twilight years of Queen Victorias reign. Like so many studio photographs of the day, stock still and grim looking, in the usual androgenous cream puff lace.