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Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C
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Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C

19th century
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Description

A fine oil on canvas painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys (1863-1940/41) signed lower right and Inscribed ‘Pussies in Conference’ on a label verso, late 19th Century in date.

The painting delightfully presents a litter of six Persian kittens on a Persian rug.

The painting ‘Checkmate’ A widely recognized oil on canvas featuring kittens on a chessboard, which has sold at auction for over $10,000.

Pussies in Conference is a documented and notable.

The artist used very vibrant colours to add some mystery to the scenery and contrast the vivid light in the back-ground.

Housed in its beautiful and original giltwood frame.

Agnes Augusta Talboys, as she signed herself, was a Bristol artist. Born in the city she lived and exhibited largely in the south-west, moving to live no further than to Weston-super-Mare in the early 20th century. Her father, RA Snell, died when she was 6, leaving her mother a wealthy woman and Augusta was largely an amateur artist. She married George Talboys in 1889 and started exhibiting her animal paintings shortly thereafter. Her sentimental studies, primarily of cats and dogs, were very popular and reproduced as prints and calendars. In the early 1920s she contributed two miniature paintings for Queen Mary’s Dolls House. On her death she left the bulk of her fortune to the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. She was also a skilled chess player, playing competitively at county level.

Provenance:

Colmore Galleries Limited, Warwickshire

Condition:

In excellent condition the painting and frame having been carefully cleaned in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 69 cm x Width 89 cm x Depth 6 cm  - Frame

Height 44 cm x Width 64 cm  - Painting

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 3 inches x Width 2 foot, 11 inches x Depth 2 inches - Frame

Height 1 foot, 5 inches x Width 2 feet, 1 inch - Painting

Agnes Augusta Talboys

Born in Bristol, she was elected as an associate of the Royal West Academy, she also exibited work at The Royal Society of Artists, she specitalised in painting cats especially persians.

Our reference: A2550a

Physical Dimensions
Height
69cm (27.17")
Width
89cm (35.04")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Declaration

Regent Antiques has dated this Antique Cat Oil Painting to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1188070
Dealers Internal Reference
A2550a
Description
A fine oil on canvas painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys (1863-1940/41) signed lower right and Inscribed ‘Pussies in Conference’ on a label verso, late 19th Century in date.

The painting delightfully presents a litter of six Persian kittens on a Persian rug.

“
The painting ‘Checkmate’ A widely recognized oil on canvas featuring kittens on a chessboard, which has sold at auction for over $10,000.
Regent Antiques
fig 1. A 19th-century framed oil painting depicting six long-haired Persian kittens around a green ceramic vessel set on dark velvet.
fig 1. Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C

Pussies in Conference is a documented and notable.

The artist used very vibrant colours to add some mystery to the scenery and contrast the vivid light in the back-ground.

Housed in its beautiful and original giltwood frame.

fig 2. A 19th-century framed oil painting depicting six long-haired Persian kittens around a green ceramic vessel set on dark velvet.
fig 2. Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C

Agnes Augusta Talboys, as she signed herself, was a Bristol artist. Born in the city she lived and exhibited largely in the south-west, moving to live no further than to Weston-super-Mare in the early 20th century. Her father, RA Snell, died when she was 6, leaving her mother a wealthy woman and Augusta was largely an amateur artist. She married George Talboys in 1889 and started exhibiting her animal paintings shortly thereafter. Her sentimental studies, primarily of cats and dogs, were very popular and reproduced as prints and calendars. In the early 1920s she contributed two miniature paintings for Queen Mary’s Dolls House. On her death she left the bulk of her fortune to the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. She was also a skilled chess player, playing competitively at county level.

fig 3. A 19th-century framed oil painting depicting six long-haired Persian kittens around a green ceramic vessel set on dark velvet.
fig 3. Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C

Provenance:

Colmore Galleries Limited, Warwickshire

Condition:

In excellent condition the painting and frame having been carefully cleaned in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

fig 4. A 19th-century framed oil painting depicting six long-haired Persian kittens around a green ceramic vessel set on dark velvet.
fig 4. Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C

Height 69 cm x Width 89 cm x Depth 6 cm  - Frame

Height 44 cm x Width 64 cm  - Painting

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 3 inches x Width 2 foot, 11 inches x Depth 2 inches - Frame

Height 1 foot, 5 inches x Width 2 feet, 1 inch - Painting

fig 5. A 19th-century framed oil painting depicting six long-haired Persian kittens around a green ceramic vessel set on dark velvet.
fig 5. Antique Painting by Agnes Augusta Talboys of Persian Kittens 19th C

Agnes Augusta Talboys

Born in Bristol, she was elected as an associate of the Royal West Academy, she also exibited work at The Royal Society of Artists, she specitalised in painting cats especially persians.

Our reference: A2550a

Height
69cm (27.17")
Width
89cm (35.04")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

Regent Antiques has dated this Antique Cat Oil Painting to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1188070
Dealers Internal Ref
A2550a
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Victorian animal portraiture emerged during a period when domestic pets were increasingly valued as family companions. Artists focused on capturing realistic textures of fur and feathers, often setting subjects against rich interior drapery or domestic backgrounds in oil paint.

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