Oil on canvas, unsigned, each a three-quarter length portrait of a man and woman, the woman wearing a long jade necklace and plaid skirt, the man with hat and cane, each depicted seated before a landscape scene, unframed.

Stretcher size 24 x 18 in.

From the Collection of Chelsea House Antiques, Durham, North Carolina

The portrait of a man is inscribed on the top stretcher "Joyce Cary 191(?) by MacAndrew."

Joyce Cary was a noted Anglo-Irish novelist. He first wanted to be an artist and studied painting in Paris and Edinburgh, before turning to writing. He married Gertrude Ogilvie in 1916/1917.

Light surface grime and stable craquelure to each; portrait of a woman with stretcher marks; portrait of a man with minor shallow dent to background near sitter's neck and abrasion with paint loss to neck; both with some rubbing to edges of canvas.