Pre-Raphaelite English Tableaux Beatrice Buckstone John St Helier Lander Jersey

  

John SAINT-HÉLIER LANDER (Saint-Hélier, 1868 - Witley, 1944). Beatrice (presumed portrait of Beatrice Buckstone). Oil on oak panel (1892) Signed and dated lower right. 30.7 x 22.2 cm Original frame in wood and gilded stucco with the original label of the gilder on the reverse.

James Blight / 20 ½ Beresford Street / Jersey. John Saint-Hélier Lander knew Millais very well, who gave him advice in his early days, and the model in our painting has the same first name as Mrs. Buckstone, as well as her long red hair with a fringe. She would have been 23 years old at the date of the painting.