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Description: B/W ENGRAVING-DRAWING. DEPICTS YOUNG MAN TALKING TO, AND HOLDING THE HAND OF A WOMAN; BOTH ARE SEATED. AN OLDER WOMAN SITS IN THE BACKGROUND IN FRONT OF THE HEARTH. A CRADLE IS BESIDE HER. ARTIST: JOHN A. LOMAX. ENFORCED: "BY PERMISSION OF THE BERLIN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY PHOTOGRAPHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT". REPRODUCTION.

History: RECOVERED BY DONOR ALONG THE U.S.A. BORDER IN THE WHISKEY GAP AREA. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, JOHN ARTHUR LOMAX, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE HAYNES FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE WEBSITE AND A DIGITIZED ISSUE OF THE WINDSOR MONTHLY MAGAZINE FROM MAY 1907. JOHN ARTHUR LOMAX WAS BORN IN MANCHESTER IN 1857. HE STUDIED PAINTING IN STUTTGART AND AT THE MUNICH ACADEMY, AND SETTLED IN LONDON AFTER COMPLETING HIS TRAINING. LOMAX WAS KNOWN PRIMARILY AS A HISTORICAL GENRE PAINTER, DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES, OFTEN WITH DRAMATIC OR SENTIMENTAL THEMES. HIS PAINTINGS WERE EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, THE MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY, AND THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF OIL PAINTERS. LOMAX'S WORK WAS WIDELY REPRODUCED IN ENGRAVINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS, INCLUDING THIS SPECIFIC PIECE, 'TO BRING THE ROSES BACK', FROM 1895. JOHN LOMAX DIED IN 1923. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF WINDSOR MONTHLY MAGAZINE ARTICLE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, TOM RANDALL, WAS FOUND IN GALT ARCHIVES RECORD 20121013: "TOM RANDALL WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE RANGELAND COLLECTORS CLUB OF LETHBRIDGE, FOUNDED IN 1971. HIS COLLECTION CONTAINED MANY ITEMS RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOCAL PHARMACY INCLUDING ITEMS FROM JOHN D. HIGGINBOTHAM AND THE MCCAFFERY PHARMACY."