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MARGARET DOVASTON (British, 1884-1955) The Chess Game Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm) Signed lower right: M. Dovaston Inscribed verso: The Chess Game / M. Dovaston (enhanced by another hand) Margaret Dovaston received her artistic training under Thomas William Cole (b.1857), the still-life artist and headmaster of the Ealing Art School and Arthur S. Cope (1857-1940), the famous portrait artist. She specialized in portrait and genre painting and was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists. Dovaston exhibited her first work at the Academy in 1908 and received three medals during her lifetime. She was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1910 and in 1911 was elected a member of the N.B.A. Dovaston's art continued the tradition of 19th century genre painting well into the 20th century, and with it the meticulous technique which characterized it.