Size 24" x 20"
Format Oil on Canvas
Signature Yes
Frame Not known
History of the painting
| Date | Auctioneer | Lot | Offer Price | Sale Price |
| 15 Apr 1979 | Bonham's | 41 | Not known | £2,200 |
| 24 Sep 1996 | Anderson & Garland, Newcastle | 362 | Not known | £6,000 |
Other observations
This painting is also known as "Teatime" a frequent name applied to
at least six of Harry Brooker's paintings. The poor quality image is from a
photocopy held at the Witt Library.
The girl on the floor is probably Ruth, now aged 1 and the boy either Oswald, now 3 or Edgar, now 4.
If the lady is indeed the children's grandmother, then she will either be Emma Hunt or Caroline Ellen Allsop.
This is the first known of a series of at least seven paintings of the same
size and orientation, painted between 1883 and 1887.