Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Self-portraits
Doubtful self-portrait
By other artists
Photographs
ANNA ELIZABETH SOUTHALL (NÉE BAKER)

Self-portraitsback to top

1896
Tempera on panel, 420 x 200mm, Man with a Sable Brush, signed and dated centre right, half-length to front, holding long brush, wearing red fez, against red curtain; priv. coll. Exh. RA 1897 (1695, ‘Man in a Fez’); RBSA, autumn 1897 (600); many other venues, including Joseph Southall, G. Georges Petit, Paris, 1910 (18); Coronation Exhibition, London, 1911 (44); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG, 1980 and FAS, London (E3); repr. Sotheby’s 5 Nov. 1974 (44); Breeze 1980, pl.2; Christie’s, 28 Nov. 2001, fig.1; and British Art Journal, summer 2003, p.49, fig.1.

1900–1
Tempera, 965 x 747mm, New Lamps for Old, signed and dated, head-and-shoulders looking to right, on far left of group; Birmingham MAG, P.22'52. Exh. New G., London, summer 1901 (66); Liverpool, autumn 1901 (442, ill.); other venues including Joseph Southall, G. Georges Petit, Paris, 1910 (3); International Exh., Rome, 1911 (578); Retrospective Exh., NEAC, 1925 (141); Memorial Exh., Birmingham, 1945 (74, ill.); The Earthly Paradise, FAS, London, 1969 (171); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (B5); repr. Breeze 1980, p.37; Southall 2005, p.27, fig.3.

1903
Tempera on vellum, 302 x 203mm, signed and dated, illuminated marriage certificate from Warwick Meeting House, 23 June 1903, small figure as groom wearing biblical clothes, with wife as bride; untraced. Exh. Society of Painters in Tempera, Carfax G., London, 1905(102); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (M1).

1909
Ink caricature on receipt, signed and dated 9 Jan. 1909, whole-length, kneeling, profile to left, exchanging drawing for moneybag from Arthur Gaskin; attached to back of The Old Fisherman, coll. Mr & Mrs Alan Fortunoff. Repr. Southall 2005, pp.37 and 75.

Ink caricature, dated 6 Nov. 1909 and inscr. ‘Hotel des Alpes / Lucerne’, whole-length, standing, rear view, wearing hat, cape and gaiters, with bellboy; untraced. Repr. Breeze 1980, p.5.

1910
Pencil drawing with grey wash and white heightening, 234 x 190mm, signed and dated lower right, head-and-shoulders to front, wearing dark soft-brimmed hat, collar and tie; untraced; with FAS, London, 1980; Paul Liss, 1997; offered to NPG 1997 (no.94/97[i]). Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E2[i]); repr. Sotheby’s, Belgravia, 12 Dec. 1978 (57); Breeze 1980, p.55. This is a monochrome study for the artist’s head in NPG L215 below.

1911
Egg tempera on linen; see NPG L215.

1918
Lithograph, 410 x 260mm, signed and dated in stone lower right, head-and-shoulders, looking forwards, three-quarter profile to left; colls Mr & Mrs Alan Fortunoff (inscr. pencil lower left ‘To Janet Hutchinson from Joseph Southall 22.III.1920’); and Manchester AG, 1925.147. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG, 1980 (J5); and Sixty Works by Joseph Southall, FAS, London, and Cheltenham AGM, 2005 (14); repr. Southall 2005, p.85.

1924–5
Pencil, signed and inscr. with address lower right, with landscape background; untraced; Christie’s, 24 Jan. 2007 (192c). Said to be a study for the following item.

1925
Buon fresco, set in wooden case 505 x 381mm, signed and dated lower left, quarter-length, half-profile to right, wearing suit and tie, house and landscape in background; Birmingham Inst. Art & Design (Birmingham City U.). Exh. Leicester G., 1926 (105); Liverpool, autumn 1926 (1308); Memorial Exh., Birmingham, 1945 (59); Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E4). See http://www.fineart.ac.uk/works.php?imageid=bi0015.

1932
Pencil, charcoal and wash study with white heightening, 353 x 228mm, signed and dated 1932; coll. RBSA. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E5[i]).

1933
Tempera on panel, 383 x 252mm, signed and dated lower left, head-and-shoulders, turned to right, wearing fez; Society of Friends, Bull St, Birmingham. Exh. RA 1933 (899); New Salon, Paris, 1934 (1795); Memorial Exh., Birmingham, 1945 (63, ill.); and elsewhere, including Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E5); repr. Breeze 1980, p.56, no.E5.

1934
Red chalk and pencil drawing, 335 x 250mm, signed and dated lower right, head-and-shoulders, profile to left, wearing fez with tassel; untraced; formerly with FAS, London. Repr. Phillips, 10 Mar. 1992 (43).

1943
Pencil drawing, signed and dated lower left, head-and-shoulders, profile to left, wearing fez; untraced; Christie’s, 24 Jan. 2007 (192a, ill.).

Doubtful self-portraitback to top

Pencil drawing, 330 x 223mm, signed and inscr. with address lower right, whole-length, standing, profile to right, moustache, no beard, left hand outstretched, right hand holding brushes, wearing knickerbocker suit and coat; untraced; Christie’s, 24 Jan. 2007 (192b).
Sold with two other studies, all described as self-portraits, but all known self-images show Joseph Southall with trim beard and long moustache, unlike this likeness, which more closely resembles that of his close friend Arthur Gaskin (see ‘1909’ above).

By other artistsback to top

1920s
Sketch by E. Samuel Harper, head, profile to left, looking down; coll. RBSA? Repr. Hill & Midgely 1928, pl.52.

1924
Pencil caricature drawing, 199 x 114mm, by Arthur Gaskin, signed and dated and inscr. ‘Joseph Southall – painter’, whole-length, seated on bench, with sketchbook and colour box; sketchbook, Birmingham MAG, P.166’79(40).

1934
Pencil and red chalk drawing, 335 x 250mm, by Henry Payne, signed and dated, head-and-shoulders, profile to left; untraced. Repr. Phillips, 10 Mar. 1993 (43).

Photographsback to top

1931
Half-plate negatives by Lafayette, 30 Dec. 1931, two known poses:
(a) half-length, seated to left, holding magazine; NPG x47987.
(b) head-and-shoulders, profile to left; NPG x47988.


Undated photograph

Photograph by unidentified photographer; coll. AWG, London, ‘Portraits of Old Brethren’, vol.3.

ANNA ELIZABETH SOUTHALL (NÉE BAKER)back to top

1880s
Images in a photograph album (ref. Breeze 1980, p.89) record several mural paintings by Joseph Southall, including one for an unidentified house showing him and Anna with three women (her sisters?) and one, measuring 2337 x 1477mm, for a house near Bewdley depicting ‘Christian at the Palace Beautiful’, where Anna’s likeness was probably used for one of four whole-length female figures (repr. Breeze 1980, p.89), no longer extant. Her image may also have been used for a lost overmantel depicting ‘Humility’ in the Southalls’ home in Edgbaston, seen in a 1930s photograph (repr. Breeze 1980, p.45).

1887
Tempera on panel, 508 x 450mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated and inscr. with sitter’s initials, half-length, to front, behind parapet; Birmingham MAG, P123'80. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, FAS, London, 1980 (ex-cat.) Image in NPG SB (Southall).

1892
Watercolour and pencil in sketchbook, 160 x 126mm, by Joseph Southall, dated lower left; coll. Mr & Mrs Julius Held, 1980. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E6).

1893
Silverpoint with pencil and white heightening, 361 x 203mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated, half-length, profile to left, hands clasped; priv.coll. Exh. Christopher Wood G., London, spring 1980 (ill.); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E7); repr. Sotheby’s, 12 Dec. 1978 (59); Breeze 1980, p.57; Christie’s, New York, 27 Jan. 2009 (20). According to Joseph Southall’s own notes, on 8 Feb. 1894 he showed this work to Edward Burne-Jones, who described it as ‘a beautiful drawing’. According to George Breeze, it exhibits ‘a marvellous deftness of line’ (Breeze 1980, p.57).

1894–5
Egg tempera on panel, 295 x 221mm, by Joseph Southall, The Coral Necklace, signed and dated and inscr., head-and-shoulders, half-profile to left, wearing rust-red hat and dress; coll. Mr & Mrs Alan Fortunoff. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E8); and Sixty works by Joseph Southall, FAS, London, and Cheltenham AGM, 2005 (2); repr. Breeze 1980, p.57; Southall 2005, p.64; and Apollo, Apr. 2005, p.81.

1895
Watercolour with gold, 291 x 197mm, by Joseph Southall, The Mystic Burial, signed and dated, two figures, whole-length, standing, profile to left and half-length, standing, profile perdu; untraced; coll. FAS, London, 1980. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (A9). Repr. Breeze 1980, p.28.

1896–9
Pen, ink, pencil and wash drawing, 331 x 209mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated 1899 centre left and inscr. ‘Made 9.VII.1896’ lower left; coll. Mrs H.H. Taylor, 1980. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG, 1980 (E9).

1898
Watercolour on vellum, 430 x 214mm, by Joseph Southall, Hortus Inclusus, signed and dated, in original frame decorated by sitter, whole-length, seated with cat, wearing pink dress, holding crochet needles; Cheltenham AGM, 2004.178. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E10); and Sixty Works by Joseph Southall, FAS, London, and Cheltenham AGM, 2005 (5); repr. Breeze 1980, pl.E10; Southall 2005, p.70; and Apollo, Apr. 2005, p.78.

1899
Silverpoint, 139 x 89mm, by Joseph Southall, head-and-shoulders; priv. coll. Exh. British Pictures 1840–1940, Maas G., London, 1999.

1900–1
Tempera, 965 x 747mm, by Joseph Southall, New Lamps for Old, signed and dated, whole-length, back view, profile to left, wearing striped turban; Birmingham MAG, P.22'52. Exh. New G., London, summer 1901 (66); Liverpool, autumn 1901 (442, ill.); other venues including Joseph Southall, G. Georges Petit, Paris, 1910 (3); International Exh., Rome, 1911 (578); Retrospective Exh., NEAC, London, 1925 (141); Memorial Exh., Birmingham 1945 (74 repr.); The Earthly Paradise, FAS, London, 1969 (171); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (B5); repr. Breeze 1980, p.37; and Southall 2005, p.27, fig.3.

1901
Pencil, 181 x 133mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated ‘26.VII.1901’, whole-length, profile to left, right hand to chin, leaning forwards over table; priv.coll. Exh. Sixty Works by Joseph Southall, FAS, London, and Cheltenham AGM, 2005 (30); repr. Southall 2005, p.109.

1901–2
Tempera on canvas, 624 x 584mm, by Joseph Southall, St Dorothea and Her Two Sisters, signed and dated, subsidiary figure, whole-length, standing profile to left; priv.coll. Exh. New G., London, summer 1902 (9); RBSA autumn 1902 (34); other venues including Paris Salon, 1907 (1102); Berlin, 1908; Joseph Southall, G. Georges Petit, Paris, 1910; Coronation Exh., London 1911 (124); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (C1); repr. Breeze 1980, pl. C1.

1903
Tempera on vellum, 302 x 203mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated, illuminated marriage certificate from Warwick Meeting House, 23 June 1903, small figure as bride wearing biblical clothes, with husband as groom; untraced. Exh. Society of Painters in Tempera, Carfax G., London, 1905 (102); and Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (M1).

c.1904
Tempera on card as pendant, 23 x 17mm, by Joseph Southall, inscr. ‘Flora’, quarter-length, left hand raised holding bowl of flowers; priv.coll. Exh. Arts & Crafts Exh. Soc., London, 1906 (3533[i]); Memorial Exh., Birmingham, 1945 (90); Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (D2); repr. Lady’s Realm, Nov. 1904, p.17; and Breeze 1980, p.52.

1907
Buon fresco, approx. 500 x 900mm, by Joseph Southall, Jacob and Rachel; untraced, known from photograph of the Southalls’ home repr. Breeze 1980, p.45. Exh. 1907, 1908 and 1945. It is assumed that Joseph and Bessie are represented as the principal figures, owing to their cousinship and delayed marriage.

1909
Caricature by Joseph Southall, small figure in background, hands raised in delight (see ‘All known portraits: Joseph Edward Southall, Self-portraits, 1909’).

1910
Pencil and watercolour by Joseph Southall, signed and dated and inscr. ‘Above are the sands / at Southwold / Suffolk / At the top of the sketch / one notices / the contrast of the grey woody / twin posts’ [i.e. breakwater timbers], whole-length, seated on bench; untraced; Christie’s, SK, 14 Nov. 1997 (119, as ‘The Artist’s Wife On the Beach at Southwold, ill.).

1911
Egg tempera on linen by Joseph Southall; see NPG L215.

1912
Pencil drawing in sketchbook by Joseph Southall, signed and dated ‘19.3.1912’, inscr. ‘Burnishing the Bole / “Falaise” frame’, three-quarter-length, seated, profile to right, holding empty picture frame and burnishing tool; untraced; sketchbook with FAS, London, 1980. Repr. Breeze 1980, p.82.

1917
Pencil, pastel and watercolour drawing, 354 x 278mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated; untraced. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E11). Breeze (1980, p.58) notes of this unillustrated work ‘Southall’s love of splendid hats comes through in this portrait, though the strong blue of this one does not overpower the delicate drawing which reveals the artist’s power of characterization.’

1927–8
Watercolour on vellum, 367 x 275mm, by Joseph Southall, Contentment, signed and dated and inscr. on stretcher, whole-length, seated, looking down to left, with large cat on lap; coll. Mr & Mrs Alan Fortunoff. Exh. NEAC, London, summer 1928 (99); Birmingham, winter 1928 (143); Paris Salon, 1929 (1573); and other venues, including Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E12); and Sixty works by Joseph Southall, FAS, London, and Cheltenham AGM, 2005 (23); repr. Observer, 18 Mar. 1979, p.23; Sotheby’s, 19 Mar. 1979 (17); and Southall 2005, p.98.

Two studies for above item:
(a) pencil, 270 x 201mm, inscr. on verso ‘Bessie and Toddie’, whole-length, seated, looking down, with cat; priv. coll. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E12[i]); repr. Sotheby’s, 12 Dec. 1978 (61); and Breeze 1980, p.59.
(b) pencil and watercolour, approx. 220 x 155mm; coll. Mrs H.H. Taylor, 1980. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E12[ii]).

1937
Pencil and coloured chalks drawing, 256 x 265mm, by Joseph Southall, signed and dated ‘10.vii.1937’, described by Breeze (1980, p.59) as an ‘idealised view’ of the sitter as the artist ‘remembered her from her youth’; coll. Christopher Southall, 1980. Exh. Joseph Southall, Artist-Craftsman, Birmingham MAG and FAS, London, 1980 (E13).


Undated portrait

Charcoal and wash drawing heightened with chalks, 285 x 190mm, by Margaret Gere; untraced. Exh. Margaret Gere, Cheltenham AGM, 1984 (C3); ref. Sotheby’s, Sussex, 5–14 Mar. 1991 (1656); and Christie’s, 19 Sept. 1991 (115). Repr. Sotheby’s, 10 Oct. 1990 (48).

Dr Jan Marsh