Her Majesty’s Last Recruit

‘Her Majesty’s Last Recruit’ by Mrs Pearson Hayward, c.1901. The painting depicts a corner of a room: a man sits on top of a table/bench leaning against the wall. He wears long trousers with braces over a green jumper and hat with tricolour ribbon. Beside him on the table an open newspaper and loaf of bread. Light streams in from the window top right. A chair is seen in the left foreground.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
235/1905
Category
Fine Art
Collection Class
Paintings
Medium
oil on canvas
Common Name
Her Majesty’s Last Recruit
Simple Name
painting
Inscription Transcription
L F Hayward 1901; Her Majesty’s Last Recruit by (Mrs) Pearson Hayward Melrose Egerton Park Exeter Price £26..5-; Thomas B Worth & Co. Artist’s Colourmen, carvers, Gilders, Picture frame makers, fine art dealers etc. Cathedral Yard Exeter
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)
Production Town
Exeter
Production County
Devon
Production Country
United Kingdom: England
Production Date
1901
Production Person Initials
Lucy
Production Person Surname
Pearson Hayward (née Frances Halloran)
Production Year Low

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Her Majesty’s Last Recruit