"Love Me, Love My Dog". Oil on canvas, signed lower left, framed in a gold-tone antique frame with heavily detailed ornamentation, 31" x 22" canvas size, with frame 37-1/2" x 28". A lovely young lady is depicted in late 19th Century attire, holding a beloved Jack Russell Terrier within a wooded setting. Part of the narrative is the gold locket she wears, though the actual significance of the locket is unknown. A hand-lettered plaque on the lower center of the frame bears the artist's name and title. George Wells is most known for known for painting genre, landscapes, rivers, portraits, lakes, nymphs and flowers. He was a founding member of the Royal College of Artists formed and endowed by Queen Victoria. That is what RCA means on the name plate.
3,000/4,000 Sold $2,415.00
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