Lot 119
THOMAS FAED R.A., R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1826-1900)
WHERE'S MY GOOD LITTLE GIRL
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture ft. S.J. Peploe at 150 | 668
Auction: Scottish Paintings & Sculpture ft. S.J. Peploe at 150
Description
Signed and dated 1881, oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.5cm x 74cm (21in x 29in)
Footnote
Exhibited: Probably the painting exhibited at the Royal Academy 1881
Note: Where is My Good Little Girl? was highly regarded by critics of the day:
'Mr. T. Faed’s two pictures (Nos. 187, 542) are both pretty. Where is My Good Little Girl? Is the best. It is, as this artist so often gives us, the interior of a Scottish cottage, with mother and baby seated; she is turning to a little girl in disgrace (who is covering her face with her pinafore), and trying to coax her out of her wilfulness.' - The Scotsman
'The most compelling of Mr. Faed’s two works is Where is My Good Little Girl? (187) wherein he has realised in his usual felicitous manner a homely pastoral of rustic child life. A humble matron is seated nursing her infant, while a little three year old, whose back is to the spectator, stands apart by the casement in the sulks.' - News of the World
'Where is my good little girl? By Mr. Thomas Faed, R.A., is in this artist’s best manner; a young and good looking-mother seated in her cottage is turning towards a little girl who is standing with her face in her pinafore, and evidently indulging in a “display of temper.” The mother’s inquiry gives us the title of the picture, which has been painted with exquisite are and skill; the scheme of colour is agreeable, and the pains bestowed upon the smallest accessory is evidenced by the young lady in her “tantrums."'