James Sant – Portrait of “Sybil” The Daughter of a Famous Cricketer

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Painted on Prepared Millboard made by Winsor and Newton. Signed by the artist with his initials JS (lower left). Contained in its original gilt-wood frame with oval mount and glazed. Provenance: This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in London, 1907, No 731. Then picture passed to Thomas George Odling (1911-2002) and Hilary Katharine Odling, of Paxford House, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

Oval aperture: 11 5/8 x 10 in. (29.5 x 25.5 cm.)
Frame: 16 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. (42.5 x 38.5 cm.)

Description

Sybil Irene Webbe was born ca.1896 and died in 1960. Her father; Alexander Josiah Webbe (1855-1941) was a famous cricketer who played for Oxford University and Middlesex.