26/02/2026
Friday 27th February Lot 344
https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/0031cccf29eadb2c5cd0e6eaa61b45c0/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/antique-and-fine-art-lot-344/
Early 20th century English School, Constance Huckleby in her Court Dress with Ostrich feather fan and jewellery, c.1920, pastel and body colour on canvas, unsigned, 140 x 78, original gilt frame 156 x 95cm.
Constance Mary Hucklesby born in Bedfordshire in 1886. She married William Henry Whitehouse in 1913 in Luton Bedfordshire. She died on 2 August 1945 at the age of 59. Constance was the daughter of Ellen and Asher J. Huckleby, (1844-1908), five times Lord Mayor of Luton, between 1892 and 1908, he was called "The Straw Hat King", due to his very successful hat business.