Dicksee, Francis (British ) - "Woman seated at embroidery"

Artist: Thomas Francis Dicksee  (British, 1819–1895)

Work and size: Woman seated at embroidery, 1900 mezzotint . Signed in pencil lower margin, also signed in pencil by Norman Hirst lower margin, published by Frost & Reed, Bristol, framed.

Artist bio: Thomas Francis Dicksee was born in 1819. Thomas Francis Dicksee was well-known for his portraits of Shakespearean characters and subjects inspired by the themes and subjects in the Bard's plays. Dicksee came from a family of painters and his children Margaret and Sir Francis Dicksee likewise became artists. Thomas Francis Dicksee passed away in 1895