HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - QUEEN MARY 1935 Arthur Trevethin Nowell PRINT

Original 1935 10 5/8 inch x 7 3/8 inch print titled HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, LADY OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.

Queen Mary is depicted at three-quarter length, holding a fan in her right hand; she wears a figured blue silk dress over a pearl grey bodice, Queen Mary's Lover's Knot tiara, earrings and choker, pearl necklaces, bracelets, and star of the Garter. An armchair and green Sèvres vase (possibly RCIN 2295) on pedestal appear in the background on the left.

From the painting by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (1862 - 1940). Arthur Nowell was born Garndiffaith, Trevethin in Wales. His father was a Wesleyan Minister who moved every two or three years arriving in Lancashire in 1873. Hereabouts his father was to remain, allowing Arthur to attend the Manchester School of Art. In 1893 he entered The RA Schools leaving in 1898 following the dual and unique awards of The Gold Medal and The Turner Prize. With the accompanying bursary he studied in Paris and toured Europe. His large Biblical canvas (Walker A.G. Liverpool) brought him wider recognition being the painting of the year when first hung at The New Gallery in 1897. By now he had been commissioned to paint a number of portraits both in Manchester and London. These early connections proved pivotal and led not only to marriage but his commissions to paint the portraits of King George V and Queen Mary of which there are a number in The Royal Collection and elsewhere.

Published in The Illustrated London News

Overall size 14 1/4 inch x 9 3/4 inch

The print is in very good condition.