Portrait of Mary Ellen Meredith
Henry Wallis
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 8.3 cm
- Vendor
- Campbell-Wilson
The couple met Wallis in the early 1850s and posed for several of his works. In 1857 Mary Ellen left her husband for Wallis and they had a son together. She died soon after that and Wallis brought up their son by himself.
Provenance
By descent from the artist to Harold Wallis; 1933, his widow Mary Wallis; 1964; her cousin, Vera Langley; 1988, by descent; Bonham's, 2002.