The painting featured on Thursday’s episode of Fake or Fortune? where evidence revealed during the show found the artwork had been exhibited in Canada five times between 1912 and 1913, but its whereabouts had since been unknown.
During the episode, Mr Taylor, with help from the show’s team which includes presenters Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould, were able to prove its authenticity.
“I’d not heard of Helen McNicoll before we started investigating this painting,” Bruce said.
“But what a pioneer she was – a woman at that time, the early 20th Century, travelling abroad with her easel while profoundly deaf.
“I’m so glad we’ve been able to bring her name to wider attention.”
Bruce read out an expert assessment which said there was enough evidence to support the conclusion that the painting was a lost work by McNicoll.
Co-host Mould described the find as a “once-in-a-lifetime discovery”, adding that there was a massive desire for the work of high-quality women artists, on both sides of the Atlantic.
