Thelma Cazalet-Keir

Details

David Jagger (1891-1958)
Thelma Cazalet-Keir
signed 'JAGGER' (lower right)
oil on canvas
44 5/8 x 30 7/8 in. (114 x 78.5 cm.)
Painted in 1920.

Provenance

Commissioned by the present owner's grandmother.

Literature

Royal Academy Illustrated, London, 1920, p. 94, illustrated.
Sheffield Independent, 1 May 1920.
The Bystander, 5 May 1920, p. 31, illustrated.
Kent & Sussex Courier, 7 May 1920.
The Illustrated London News, 8 May 1920, p. 785, illustrated.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1920.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1920, no. 52.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1920, no. 164.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Sale Room Notice

Please note this was painted in 1920 and was further exhibited in the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1920 as number 52, and the Autumn Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1920 as number 164.

This work will also be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on David Jagger, prepared by Timothy Dickson.

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Lot Essay

Thelma Cazalet-Keir (1899-1989) is best known as one of Britain’s first female Members of Parliament: she entered local politics in 1924 and was the M.P. for Islington East from October 1931 to July 1945. She was the second female M.P. to achieve the position of a Cabinet Minister during this period. As with two other early female M.P.s, Nancy Astor and Margaret Whittingham, Thelma Cazalet-Keir remained a Christian Scientist throughout her life. She was a member of the Arts Council as well as a Governor of the BBC for five years. As a champion of women’s rights, she was a keen supporter of the Fawcett Society, becoming President in 1964.

The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on David Jagger, prepared by Timothy Dickson.

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