BCD Mtg Miss Rutherford Friends DSC00463
This very large (1200pc) and beautiful push-fit was cut by Miss Rutherford in a smooth push-fit style. Surprisingly there is no entry in Tom Tyler's book for Miss Rutherford, who ran a jigsaw library in Liverpool.
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/library_puzzles/ruther...
(A number came on to the market in early 2016, and I bought some of the larger ones blind, choosing them only by their titles, not something I like to do.)
This one is called Friends, and the owner said it reminded him of another well known painting, 'Diana of the Uplands' by Charles Wellington Furse. His wife, Katherine lady walking her dog in that painting was left widowed after only 4 years of marriage and went on to have an illustrious nursing career, being made a Dame for war contribution and lifelong service.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Furse
(You can see a ZigZag jigsaw of Diana on Jigasaurus)
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/zig_zag/diana/
April 2025 Update: The artist is Jules Erbit.
(Not by the well-known pin-up artist Irene Patten, although this lady is much more modestly dressed than most!. A very similar image appeared on one of the jigsaws in Bob Armstrong's 2018 Fall Sale. The American puzzle, made for Rhodes Bros Book Nook Library was 1083pc 'We Two Comrades' - a whimsy cut with 7 replacements of 20x30in which still made $1258 in the sale.
www.oldpuzzles.com/buy-puzzles/sale-list/we-two-comrades?...
)
BCD Mtg Miss Rutherford Friends DSC00463
This very large (1200pc) and beautiful push-fit was cut by Miss Rutherford in a smooth push-fit style. Surprisingly there is no entry in Tom Tyler's book for Miss Rutherford, who ran a jigsaw library in Liverpool.
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/library_puzzles/ruther...
(A number came on to the market in early 2016, and I bought some of the larger ones blind, choosing them only by their titles, not something I like to do.)
This one is called Friends, and the owner said it reminded him of another well known painting, 'Diana of the Uplands' by Charles Wellington Furse. His wife, Katherine lady walking her dog in that painting was left widowed after only 4 years of marriage and went on to have an illustrious nursing career, being made a Dame for war contribution and lifelong service.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Furse
(You can see a ZigZag jigsaw of Diana on Jigasaurus)
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/zig_zag/diana/
April 2025 Update: The artist is Jules Erbit.
(Not by the well-known pin-up artist Irene Patten, although this lady is much more modestly dressed than most!. A very similar image appeared on one of the jigsaws in Bob Armstrong's 2018 Fall Sale. The American puzzle, made for Rhodes Bros Book Nook Library was 1083pc 'We Two Comrades' - a whimsy cut with 7 replacements of 20x30in which still made $1258 in the sale.
www.oldpuzzles.com/buy-puzzles/sale-list/we-two-comrades?...
)