The above is entitled: “A Pensive Mood” by C. S. Lidderdale.

There is not a lot of information about the artist Charles Sillem Lidderdale, however, it appears that he may have been born on 28 September 28, 1830, in St.Petersburg, Russia.

As a British artist whose work often focused on portraits of young women in outdoor settings, Lidderdale exhibited 36 paintings at the Royal Academy between 1856 to 1893.

• Charles Sillem Lidderdale died  in London, on  June 7, 1895.

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