Oil Paintings, Watercolours & Miniatures - 08 Dec 2010
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Lewis Charles Powles (1860-1942)
Portrait of Mrs. Edward Wheler (1808-1906)
Signed and dated 1891, also signed and dated verso
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 71cm; 36 x 28in
Mrs Elizabeth Anne Wheler née Galton came from a family of notable scientists, was the granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin and correspondent with her cousin Charles Darwin