Fine Scottish Oil Painting Circus Lady Performer, original antique oil painting

Artist/ School: Thomas Bromley Blacklock (Scottish, 1862-1903), signed and inscribed. The son of the English teacher at Kirkcudbright Academy, Thomas Bromley Blacklock studied in Edinburgh, and worked in East Lothian before returning to Kirkcudbright. He mainly worked in oil but also did pen and ink landscapes. The model for his picture The Magic mirror is Bessie G. Strang, although at the time of the painting she was Bessie Hunter. He always gave an Edinburgh address for Royal Scottish Academy exhibitions. Exhibited At: Royal Academy; Royal Scottish Academy; Aberdeen Artists’ Society; Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; Liverpool Bibliography: Catalogue of sale at Dowell’s, Edinburgh, 5 March 1904 (Broughton House Collection). Obituary in Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 2 October 1903. Kirkcudbright: one hundred years of an artists’ colony, Patrick Bourne, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2000; Tales of the Kirkcudbright artists, Haig Gordon, Kirkcudbright, 2006 Title: A Circus Performer Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 32 x 20 inches Canvas: 28 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition, some previous repairs showing verso.