Pinkie
Very fine quality, 350 piece interlocking plywood jigsaw puzzle, of c1920s-30s manufacture, and which features a 1794 painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), depicting the 11 year old Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton.
The following information has been found about the sitter and history of the painting:
It appears that “Pinkie” was a family nickname for Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton, who was born on 22 March 1783, in Little River, St. James’s, Jamaica. She was the only daughter and eldest child of Charles Moulton, a merchant from Madeira, having been a descendant of Hersey Barrett, who traveled to Jamaica in 1655 with Sir William Penn. The Barrett’s were wealthy landowners, slave owners, and exporters of sugar-cane and rum. By the age of nine or ten, Sarah and two of her younger siblings had left Jamaica and were studying in Greenwich, England. Sarah was sent to Mrs Fenwick’s school at Flint House, Greenwich, along with other children from Jamaican colonial families. Although not really known how or why; somewhere around 1793, Sarah began sitting for the artist Tom Lawrence;, painter-in-ordinary to George III, at his studio in Old Bond Street, London. At the time she was around the age of 11. The portrait was completed in 1794.
Sadly, only one year later, on 23 April 1795, Sarah died at Greenwich, at the tender age of 12. Poignantly, her portrait was unveiled at the exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1795, which opened the day after her burial.
Images and details courtesy of Margot Stulemeijer
The box, which has a lift-off lid, carries a label denoting this as subject number "3" from series "O", which tallies with page 12 of the 18 page booklet which came with this example. See Here. As well as listing the specific puzzle, there is also a black and white image of it.
Artist: Lawrence, Thomas
Date: c1930's
Brand: Warne and Co Ltd, Frederick
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Number: 3
Pieces: 350
Range: Chandos
Series: O
Size: 12" x 17 1/2"
Theme: Portrait
Title: Pinkie
The following information has been found about the sitter and history of the painting:
It appears that “Pinkie” was a family nickname for Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton, who was born on 22 March 1783, in Little River, St. James’s, Jamaica. She was the only daughter and eldest child of Charles Moulton, a merchant from Madeira, having been a descendant of Hersey Barrett, who traveled to Jamaica in 1655 with Sir William Penn. The Barrett’s were wealthy landowners, slave owners, and exporters of sugar-cane and rum. By the age of nine or ten, Sarah and two of her younger siblings had left Jamaica and were studying in Greenwich, England. Sarah was sent to Mrs Fenwick’s school at Flint House, Greenwich, along with other children from Jamaican colonial families. Although not really known how or why; somewhere around 1793, Sarah began sitting for the artist Tom Lawrence;, painter-in-ordinary to George III, at his studio in Old Bond Street, London. At the time she was around the age of 11. The portrait was completed in 1794.
Sadly, only one year later, on 23 April 1795, Sarah died at Greenwich, at the tender age of 12. Poignantly, her portrait was unveiled at the exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1795, which opened the day after her burial.
Images and details courtesy of Margot Stulemeijer
The box, which has a lift-off lid, carries a label denoting this as subject number "3" from series "O", which tallies with page 12 of the 18 page booklet which came with this example. See Here. As well as listing the specific puzzle, there is also a black and white image of it.
Artist: Lawrence, Thomas
Date: c1930's
Brand: Warne and Co Ltd, Frederick
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Number: 3
Pieces: 350
Range: Chandos
Series: O
Size: 12" x 17 1/2"
Theme: Portrait
Title: Pinkie
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