The Artist and her Mother
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Rolinda Sharples (1793-1838) was an English painter who specialised in portraits and genre paintings in oil. She exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Society of British Artists, where she became an honorary member.
This is a framed oil painting on canvas showing a three-quarter length self-portrait sitting at an easel, with the artist's mother standing and looking on. The artist is supporting her right hand as she paints with a mahlstick, from the Dutch 'maalstok', meaning a 'paint stick' which has a leather ball on the end to prevent damage to the painting.
This work is recorded in Rolinda Sharples' diary - copied by her mother into her own diary, p189 - "Commenced the picture of myself at the easel and mamma looking on…" (March 1816).