Featured 1882 British Watercolor Portrait

This is a watercolor attached to a canvas by British artist Emily J Broughton in 1882. I can't find much information on her online so I was wondering if anyone else can.

She seemed to paint very well but I can only find two other works by her online: a wedding scene oil on canvas and a watercolor sketch of a man. This is pretty surprising to me. I attached these pictures below for reference.

I found this information online: Miss Emily Broughton - London painter of figure subjects and portraits. Exhibited 1878-1882 at the Royal Academy & Royal Society of British Artists. I cannot find her date of birth or death.

This painting is 20 x 26 and it's kind of puzzling because it's a watercolor attached to a canvas which is something I've never seen before. I can see where the watercolor paper ends and the canvas begins on the left and right sides. I know she must've attached this watercolor to the canvas herself because the paint extends off the paper and onto the canvas on the left and right.

I can also see a separation of paper but it works around the woman's clothing (I attached a photo with a red line highlighting where it separates). I'm not sure why it's like this so any guesses would be appreciated. Unfortunately this painting suffered some damage from being poorly packed so there's now some scuffs from it being rubbed against the wood and broken glass toward the sides.

 

I do not own anything other than the watercolor. I attached the other two to show her other work.

 

So the first painting with the pretty lady and apples is yours then? It's lovely!

 

Given the coiffe and apples, I would assume her subject is dressed in the traditional costume of Brittany.

Debora

 

Thanks for the info- I thought it was a French scene. There's a windmill in the background I noticed.

 

As Davey suggests, there is another copy of your image ..... or yours is this one and it has been rematted?

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Original-An...376425?hash=item41d4948129:g:CnAAAOSwdx1Z6Q2X

 

yes that's the one I purchased. Rematted? I just took it out of the frame.

 

Just looks like a different mat than the one in the listing.

Edit: Nevermind..... I think what I am seeing as a mat is the carpet the painting is laying on for the pic.

 

She's very elusive, isn't she? Wonder if it's just coincidence that both water color women conspicuously wear crosses or did Broughton somehow specialize in portraits of the pious?

The RA exhibition catalogue for 1878 gives her address:



The description of what she exhibited is pretty vague, but could be the work given to Mark Fenderson:



Could it be the same Mark Fenderson who drew this cartoon published in The Century Magazine in November, 1907?

 

Agree. I think it is an early version of the Fouesnat costume.
Fouesnat is in the Finistère region of Brittanny, close to the former artist colony of Pont Aven. The coiffe is related to the ones you see on Gauguin paintings.
Folk costumes evolve. The one in the charming Emily Broughton watercolor is a development stage between this one:


And this modern one, when it was apparently decided that local women don't need to lean against the back of a chair:

 

Does your painting have the artist's signature? And hard to imagine that quick portrait study would warrant RA exhibition.

Debora

 

Portrait by another artist all together. Mark Fenderson and C. Broughton (not Emily) are depicted together here. It appears they were both connected to Life Magazine.

https://books.google.com/books?id=x...ge&q="mark fenderson" "c. broughton"&f=false

Debora

 

Did you find this?

https://www.rubylane.com/item/1018596-PJR-543/19th-Century-Victorian-Woolwork-Pettipoint-Picture

Debora

 

And this?

https://www.justanswer.com/antiques/4mn3r-1884-doulton-water-jug-stamp-bottom.html

Debora

 

No I didn't find those. Thank you! Much more info than I thought there would be.