Reginald Jerrold-Nathan Mrs C Corsellis
oil on canvas
91 x 71 cm
Image courtesy the artist's estate
The subject of this portrait by Reginald Jerrold-Nathan is Esther Nina Georgina Corsellis (nee Lavender, 1893–1941), wife of Claude Alexander Corsellis (1897–1961).
Following studies at London’s Royal Academy under John Singer Sargent and William Orpen, Jerrold-Nathan was an established portrait painter when he arrived in Sydney in 1924. Having painted members of the royal families of England, Denmark and Iraq, he was well-received in Sydney society.