Two Children, one wearing a tartan sash
WAG 5998
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The children in this gouache are thought to be Mary Eveline Melly (born 1854) and George Henry Melly (born 1860), the children of George and Sarah Melly. The artist was primarily a a photographer - he is listed as such in the 1865 Liverpool Directory - but he appears to have offered his patrons painted copies of their photographs too, either by his own hand or by an assistant. This portrait is signed by the artist, as are other comparable potraits, supporting the suggesiton they were produced by Cesare himself rather than copies after his photographs by someone else.