Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, presented in a later frame.

Stretcher size 30 x 20 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 35 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.

Ryan was born in Halifax, England, and was educated at the Collegiate School in Weymouth and the Royal College of Science and Art in London where he studied art and architecture. He had five years of private study with Sir Hubert von Herkomer at the Royal Academy. Ater his father's death in 1895, he took over as headmaster of the Ventnor School of Art on the Isle of Wight. He immigrated to San Diego, California in 1900. He became active with the Theosophical Society on Point Loma and taught art and astronomy at the Raja Yoga Academy for many years.

A few patched holes to the background with light retouching visible under UV light, slight waviness to canvas.