DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) A young boy visiting a sickly girl in her bed

bringing a pet red squirrel to lift her spirits, oil on canvas laid on board, 58.5cm x 72cm (unframed)

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.

Note: The red squirrel appears to be a mascot or emblem of the Tennant/Stanley family. Dorothy herself is depicted holding one in George Frederick Watts' portrait of her as a young woman.