E A Harvey Jeanette
oil on masonite
93 x 68.5 cm
Image courtesy the sitter
The subject of this portrait, Jeanette Mosley, was a nurse who became acquainted with the family of artist EA Harvey when she treated the injured hand of Harvey’s son Antony. Mosley and Harvey remained lifelong friends. Harvey’s 1957 Archibald portrait of Antony shows his son’s bandaged hand.