{"product_id":"edwardian-elegance-persian-kittens-at-tea-signed-by-agnes-augusta-talboys-rwa-british-1863-1940","title":"Edwardian Elegance: Persian Kittens at Tea Signed by Agnes Augusta Talboys RWA British, 1863–1940","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"160\"\u003e🫖 \u003cstrong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eEdwardian Masterpiece: Persian Kittens Playing Tea Party \u003c\/strong\u003e🐾 \u003cstrong data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"145\"\u003eSigned by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eAgnes Augusta Talboys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e RWA (British, 1863–1940)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"200\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"230\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"225\"\u003eSubject \u0026amp; Medium\u003c\/strong\u003e 🎨\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"300\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"249\"\u003eOil on canvas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"252\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"262\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"298\"\u003ePersian Kittens Playing Tea Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"551\"\u003eA refined and charming Edwardian animal painting depicting \u003cstrong data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"384\"\u003esix Persian kittens\u003c\/strong\u003e gathered around an elegant tea service. The work combines gentle humour, narrative warmth, and accomplished early 20th-century technique, firmly dating to circa 1910.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"591\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"628\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"623\"\u003eComposition \u0026amp; Technique\u003c\/strong\u003e 🫖\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"1268\"\u003eThe composition unfolds across a \u003cstrong data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"687\"\u003egreen-draped tabletop\u003c\/strong\u003e, where six Persian kittens are arranged in a carefully balanced and engaging group. On the left, two grey kittens playfully tussle within a \u003cstrong data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"845\"\u003ewicker basket\u003c\/strong\u003e, their lively movement offset by a third kitten that pauses and looks outward, directly engaging the viewer. At centre, a white kitten reclines inquisitively beside a finely rendered \u003cstrong data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1047\"\u003ecup and saucer\u003c\/strong\u003e, while another white kitten sits upright behind, adding vertical emphasis and depth. On the right, a grey kitten peeks coyly from behind the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1199\"\u003eteapot\u003c\/strong\u003e, its gently tilted head forming a focal point of irresistible charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1602\"\u003eTalboys’ brushwork is soft yet confident, particularly in the rendering of fur, where layered strokes and subtle tonal transitions create convincing volume and texture. The porcelain tea service is handled with greater precision, introducing crisp edges and decorative detail that contrast beautifully with the kittens’ plush coats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1922\"\u003eColour is a particular strength of the work: luminous \u003cstrong data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1675\"\u003esilvery greys\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1680\" data-end=\"1695\"\u003esoft whites\u003c\/strong\u003e glow against a darker, atmospheric background, anchored by the rich \u003cstrong data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"1784\"\u003egreen tablecloth\u003c\/strong\u003e and enlivened by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1830\"\u003eblue-and-white porcelain\u003c\/strong\u003e with delicate \u003cstrong data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1868\"\u003ewarm floral accents\u003c\/strong\u003e, adding sparkle without overwhelming the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"1962\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"2000\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"1994\"\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/strong\u003e 🏛️\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2001\" data-end=\"2459\"\u003eThis painting dates from Talboys’ most admired \u003cstrong data-start=\"2048\" data-end=\"2068\"\u003eEdwardian period\u003c\/strong\u003e, when her Persian cat compositions achieved their greatest refinement and popularity. Persian cats were highly fashionable in Britain at the turn of the 20th century, closely associated with taste, domestic elegance, and refined interiors. Works such as this reflect both the era’s affection for companion animals and the elevation of animal painting into a respected and collectible genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2461\" data-end=\"2653\"\u003eThe canvas retains the original \u003cstrong data-start=\"2493\" data-end=\"2520\"\u003eWinsor \u0026amp; Newton, London\u003c\/strong\u003e supplier’s stamp verso, confirming the use of professional-grade materials and supporting an authentic early 20th-century execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2655\" data-end=\"2693\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2695\" data-end=\"2726\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2698\" data-end=\"2718\"\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e 👩🎨\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2727\" data-end=\"3040\"\u003eAgnes Augusta Talboys RWA was born in Bristol in 1863 and became one of Britain’s most accomplished painters of cats and kittens. Closely associated with the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), she exhibited regularly and developed a strong reputation for combining technical skill with characterful observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3042\" data-end=\"3308\"\u003eTalboys flourished from the late Victorian through the Edwardian era, producing her most desirable works before 1920. Today, her paintings are held in private collections worldwide, with her Persian cat compositions enjoying sustained international collector demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3310\" data-end=\"3348\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"737\" data-start=\"722\"\u003eSigned ✍️\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1085\" data-start=\"738\"\u003eSigned by \u003cstrong data-end=\"777\" data-start=\"748\"\u003eAgnes Augusta Talboys RWA\u003c\/strong\u003e, executed in a confident, period-consistent hand that sits naturally within the painted surface. The presence of an original artist’s signature strengthens attribution and enhances collector desirability—particularly for Talboys’ most sought-after Persian kitten subjects from the Edwardian period (c.1910).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1085\" data-start=\"738\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"3350\" data-end=\"3366\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3353\" data-end=\"3361\"\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e 📏\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3367\" data-end=\"3449\"\u003eCanvas: \u003cstrong data-start=\"3375\" data-end=\"3391\"\u003e46.5 × 73 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3391\" data-end=\"3394\"\u003eOverall framed size: \u003cstrong data-start=\"3415\" data-end=\"3431\"\u003e64 × 89.5 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3431\" data-end=\"3434\"\u003eDepth: \u003cstrong data-start=\"3441\" data-end=\"3449\"\u003e4 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3451\" data-end=\"3489\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"3491\" data-end=\"3510\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3494\" data-end=\"3504\"\u003eFramed\u003c\/strong\u003e 🖼️\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3511\" data-end=\"3736\"\u003ePresented in a recently fitted \u003cstrong data-start=\"3542\" data-end=\"3568\"\u003eLarson Juhl LJS Prague\u003c\/strong\u003e moulded decorative gilt wood frame. The frame complements the painting’s period character and enhances its strong wall presence, making it ideal for refined interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3738\" data-end=\"3776\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"3778\" data-end=\"3800\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3781\" data-end=\"3795\"\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e 📜\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3801\" data-end=\"4019\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"3801\" data-end=\"3882\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3803\" data-end=\"3882\"\u003ePainted on the artist’s original \u003cstrong data-start=\"3836\" data-end=\"3863\"\u003eWinsor \u0026amp; Newton, London\u003c\/strong\u003e, prepared canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"3883\" data-end=\"3905\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3885\" data-end=\"3905\"\u003ePrivate collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"3906\" data-end=\"3969\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3908\" data-end=\"3969\"\u003eClevedon Salerooms, Bristol, \u003cem data-start=\"3937\" data-end=\"3953\"\u003eInteriors Sale\u003c\/em\u003e, January 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"3970\" data-end=\"4019\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3972\" data-end=\"4019\"\u003eCurated by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3983\" data-end=\"4019\"\u003eCheshire Antiques Consultant LTD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4021\" data-end=\"4059\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"4061\" data-end=\"4091\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"4064\" data-end=\"4086\"\u003eWhy You’ll Love It\u003c\/strong\u003e 💚\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4092\" data-end=\"4598\"\u003e✅ Prime Talboys subject from her sought-after early 20th-century period\u003cbr data-start=\"4168\" data-end=\"4171\"\u003e✅ Elegant colour harmony of silvery greys, soft whites, rich greens, and refined porcelain blues\u003cbr data-start=\"4267\" data-end=\"4270\"\u003e✅ Strong painterly quality, particularly in the rendering of fur and atmospheric depth\u003cbr data-start=\"4356\" data-end=\"4359\"\u003e✅ Period authenticity confirmed by the original Winsor \u0026amp; Newton canvas stamp\u003cbr data-start=\"4435\" data-end=\"4438\"\u003e✅ Excellent display scale—balanced, engaging, and sophisticated\u003cbr data-start=\"4501\" data-end=\"4504\"\u003e✅ collector appeal with sustained international demand for Talboys’ Persian cat works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4600\" data-end=\"4638\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"4640\" data-end=\"4668\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"4643\" data-end=\"4663\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e 🔍\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4669\" data-end=\"5012\"\u003eFine used condition. The original unlined canvas shows age-related foxing, staining, and craquelure consistent with period and materials. Minor historic touch-ups are present in background areas. The paint surface remains stable and visually pleasing. The frame is recent, with small handmade imperfections commensurate with its craftsmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"10974\" data-start=\"10264\"\u003erk required). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"cde53e37-bf08-4d06-961b-09bec3cdfbee\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1-thinking\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group\/thread-bottom-container relative isolate z-10 w-full basis-auto has-data-has-thread-error:pt-2 has-data-has-thread-error:[box-shadow:var(--sharp-edge-bottom-shadow)] md:border-transparent md:pt-0 dark:border-white\/20 md:dark:border-transparent content-fade single-line flex flex-col\" id=\"thread-bottom-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-token-text-secondary relative mt-auto flex min-h-8 w-full items-center justify-center p-2 text-center text-xs md:px-[60px]\"\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"5339\" data-start=\"5336\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"3622\" data-start=\"3609\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3732\" data-start=\"3623\"\u003eWorldwide Shipping Available — Professionally packaged and fully insured for secure international delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3864\" data-start=\"3734\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"3862\" data-start=\"3734\"\u003eAvailable exclusively through Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD — Inquire now to secure this unique piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\u003chr data-start=\"5557\" data-end=\"5560\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7541\" data-end=\"7783\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55027856867706,"sku":"k2029","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0201\/2227\/1808\/files\/oil-painting-group-6-persian-kittens-tea-party-by-agnes-augusta-tallboys-rwa-565513.jpg?v=1738880212","url":"https:\/\/cheshireantiquesconsultantltd.com\/en-es\/products\/edwardian-elegance-persian-kittens-at-tea-signed-by-agnes-augusta-talboys-rwa-british-1863-1940","provider":"Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}