FINE ART : PAINTINGS

Title: Eileen, Her First Communion (1901)
Object Name: Painting
Maker: Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941 (Primary maker)
Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941 (maker)
Lavery, John (Sir) 1856 - 1941 (artist)
Date Made: 1901
1901
Description: Portrait of a young girl on her first communion. The subject's body is angled to the left and her gaze is cast down to the bottom left hand corner. She wears a white communion dress and a long veil attached around a floral crown. Her brown hair was worn down and loose.
Materials: oil on board
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U80
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