Theodor Blake Wirgman (British, 1848-1925)
Portrait of a young Lady, bust-length, wearing a floral dress, red broach and a white fur stole

sighed 'T Blake Wirgman' (lower right)
oil on canvas
Unframed: 76 x 64 cm. (30 x 25 1/2 in.) Framed: 89 x 78 cm. (35 x 30 3/4 in.)

With Ealing Gallery, London
Private Collection, UK

Thomas Blake Wirgman, a painter and illustrator of Swedish descent, was raised in London and began studying at the Royal Academy Schools at the age of fifteen. After spending a period working in Paris, he returned to London to continue his career. Wirgman created a series of portraits for The Graphic magazine and continued to produce portrait drawings and paintings throughout his life. He also illustrated a series of British sculptors for Century Magazine.