Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (Canadian, 1864-1951), "Lucile Gossage (1902-1992)", pastel on paper, signed lower right, titled upper left, "The Pastel Society Royal Institute Galleries, Picadilly, London" exhibition label with artist and title and handwritten label with sitter on backing board, 14 1/2 in. x 12 in., framed, overall 15 7/8 in. x 13 1/2 in. x 1 in. Note: Canadian artist Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake was best known for her portraits of women and children as well as her jewelry designs. She studied with Robert Harris at the Art Association of Montreal, under William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League of New York, and at the Acad?mie Julian in Paris. She exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1889 and 1906 and was elected an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1893. After meeting Charles Herbert Eastlake, an English painter and director of the Chelsea Polytechnic, and marrying him in 1897, Eastlake moved to England and devoted time to learning enamel and metal work to produce jewelry as an applied art. She returned to Canada following the death of her husband in 1939. In addition to the Salon, Eastlake exhibited at the Royal Academy, New English Art Club and throughout the United States and Canada.

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