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| Title | Fireside Scene | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Attributed to Leroy, Etienne (French artist, b.1828) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1880 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1900 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | A small genre scene. In a comfortable nineteenth-century parlour, an elderly lady in a lace bonnet sits in an armchair beside a hearth with a glowing fire. Kneeling beside her is a young girl, wearing a red bodice and white lace cap. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:PD:1998.64 | |
| Former Accession Number | BATVG:P:1940.16 | |
| Inscription | front lr ‘E Leroy’ [?] | |
| Subject | everyday life; figure; interior | |
| Measurements | 14.4 x 11.9 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Gertrude Stanbury on behalf of the late Frederick Stanbury 1940. | |
| Provenance | Collection of Viscount Templetown; collection of Frederick Stanbury by 1939. | |
| Notes | Frederick Stanbury was a resident of Raby Place, Bath. The donation included ten further works. Inscribed on the back of the panel, in ink: 'no 729'. |
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| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |