Portrait of Lady Lloyd Jones, 1929 or later / drawing by Thea Proctor

ML 1412

fonds

1929 or later

840635

1 drawing - pencil and watercolour on paper - image 35 x 32 cm in original frame 62 x 68 cm

Hannah Benyon Jones (d. 1982) of Sydney married Sir Charles Lloyd Jones (1878-1958) on 25 July 1929.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ (accessed 25 June 2009)

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Thea Waddell
Rights and Restrictions Information:: No commercial use. Commercial use to be referred.<br>All non - commercial use of works by Thea Proctor should be referred to the Art Gallery of NSW<br>
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales for Thea Proctor Estate

This portrait was probably painted in Thea Proctor's studio as the interiors match with photographs of her studio.

Reference:
The World of Thea Proctor / Barry Humphries et. al. Canberra: National Portrait Gallery & Craftsman House, 2005. p.7

Includes original frame and framer's label: `Framing Works S.A. Parker Ltd, 219 George Street North'.

Lower section, under window mount, includes pencil inscription by the artist: `Please mount with extreme care as pencil is not fixed & mount piece of paper on back of card to prevent it from curling'.
Beneath this is the framer's instruction: `Miss Proctor Ivory Mount of 2 White Enamel'.