monogrammed and dated '1865' (lower right)oil on panel Unframed: 60 x 49.5 cm. (23 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.) Framed: 77 x 67 cm. (30 1/4 x 26 3/8 in.)Provenance:With Colin Stodgell Fine Art, Torquay;Sale; Bonhams, London, 20 March 2019, lot 161, where purchased by the present owner;Private Collection, London.Notes:Le Jeune was born in London, where he lived in Hampstead for over forty years. He studied at the Royal Academy schools from 1834, first exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1840, where he went on to exhibit 84 pictures between then and 1863. In his later career he predominantly became recognised for his playful and picturesque depictions of children, of which the present painting is an example.1 References: 1Lee, S.E. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 2, London, page 451