Penry Williams (British 1798-1885) A mother with her sleeping child resting Signed

Penry Williams (British 1798-1885)

A mother with her sleeping child resting

Signed, dated 1838 and inscribed Rome, also inscribed M. di Sora with her Sleeping Child on verso

Oil on canvas

24.5 x 17.5cm; 9½ x 6½in

Literature:

The following is from Webley, Derrick Pritchard Last to the Winds, The Life & Work of Penry Williams :

Christie, Manson & Woods, 1876, lot 107, not sold at 11gns; Charles Russell James? Letter in Cyfartha Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 20 November 1909, loaning picture to Merthyr Exhibition (1909-10), Charles Russell James, No. 3, Exhib: Merthyr Exhibition No. 90 lent by Charles Russell James? Missing.