A Victorian portrait of an angelic barefoot girl on the beach, dressed in a white hooded jacket with lace trim over a pink dress, carrying a pail and shovel on her way to dig for shells. It would make a charming decoration for the beach or vacation home or a child's room.
Eden Upton Eddis was a British painter known for his portraits. He has three works in the collection of London's Guildhall Art Gallery and 18 paintings, drawings and prints in the collection of The National Portrait Gallery in London.
Reference:
"Eden Upton Eddis." Guildhall Art Gallery. http://collage.nhil.com/cgi-bin/collagedev/main.pl?SRCPAGE=searchsubj&CURRID=16916
"Eden Upton Eddis." National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp05271&role=art.