Note 1): Stannard was one of England’s greatest 19^th Century women painters of still lifes, often set on tabletop ledges, sometimes made of marble, just like this lot. She specialized in fruit still lifes, although she painted floral still lifes as well, both with a highly realistic, meticulous technique manifested in this lot. Stannard’s selection and continuing use of a pineapple in her mixed fruit still life compositions, set her apart from most of the other 19^th Century women and male painters of fruit still lifes. For a number of similar Stannard fruit still life oil on canvas compositions containing pineapples and often fruits identical or similar to those presented in this lot, as well as the sale price each sold still life attained at auction from 2000 to the present, all but one of which are illustrated in Askart.com or Artprice.com are, see the following Stannard still life paintings of fruit, that include a pineapple: “Still Life Study of White and Red Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Pineapple and Melon” (36 in. x 28 in.) was sold by G. A. Key, Aylsham, Norfolk, United Kingdom for $60,088 on 3/12/2010 as lot 57; “Still life with basket of fruit and insects” (11.81 in. x 14.96 in.) was sold by Bonhams Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom for $7,842 on 12/02/2010 as lot 96; “Still life of fruit and flowers on a marble ledge” (20.06 in. x 13.81 in.) was sold by Bonhams Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom for $9,604 on 10/30/2008 as lot 85; “Still life with basket of fruit and insects” (11.81 in. x 14.96 in.) was sold by Bonhams Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom for $7,842 on 12/2/2010 as lot 96; “Melons, Grapes, Peaches, Plums and Pineapple on a silver Dish” (22 in. x 28 in.) was sold by G. A. Key, Aylsham, Norfolk, United Kingdom for $37,941 on 3/7/2008 as lot 50; “Still Life Study of Pineapple, Bananas and Grapes in a Bowl” (10 in. x 15 in.) was sold by G. A. Key, Aylsham, Norfolk, United Kingdom for $9,116 on 8/13/2004 as lot 631; “Apples, a Pineapple and Black Grapes in a Basket” (24 in. x 20 in.) was sold by Christie’s, London, United Kingdom for $26,597 on 11/26/2002 as lot 149; and “Plums, Grapes, Pears, White currants, a Peach, an Apple, Pineapple” (17 7/8 in. x 15 in.) was sold by Christie’s, London, United Kingdom for $7,278 on 11/8/2001 as lot 266. Photographs of some of these paintings are illustrated below.

Still Life Study of White and Red Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Pineapple and Melon (36 in. x 28 in.) was sold by G. A. Key, Aylsham, Norfolk, United Kingdom for $60,088 on 3/12/2010 as lot 57.

Still life with basket of fruit and insects (11.81 in. x 14.96 in.) was sold by Bonhams Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom for $7,842 on 12/02/2010 as lot 96.

Still life of fruit and flowers on a marble ledge (20.06 in. x 13.81 in.) was sold by Bonhams Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom for $9,604 on 10/30/2008 as lot 85.

Melons, Grapes, Peaches, Plums and Pineapple on a silver Dish” (22 in. x 28 in.) was sold by G. A. Key, Aylsham, Norfolk, United Kingdom for $37,941 on 3/7/2008 as lot 50.

Still life of grapes, melon, pears plums and peaches in a silver bowl,” 1865 (24.02 in. x 23.23 in.) was sold by Bonhams Chester, United Kingdom for $24,620 on 03/20/2008 as