Evelyne Bell was awarded a distinction for an MA from the Dept. of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex under the tutelage of Dr S. Goubert.

For her dissertation she carried out the first investigation of a series of engravings designed by Hubert Francois Gravelot in 1758, which included an Almanac, entitled ‘Almanach utile et agréable de la Loterie de l’Ecole Militaire pour l’année 1760’. The work involved comparative study of 18th century engravings in France, England and Italy and a sociological and historical analysis of games, symbols and the origins of the Royal Military School in Paris around 1750.

Since then she has built up a reputation as an international authority on Walton and has advised auction houses such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s.

Her experience includes selling and negotiating sales of 18th century works of art, including the sale of an oil painting by James Forrester to a major London gallery.

She has extensive experience of working in English and French archives and corresponding in different languages with other scholars. She has translated a letter by Goya for a recent publication Goya: a life in letters by Sarah Symmons. She has worked as consultant on the valuation of the sculpture collection of the Bank of Montreal and for Gainsborough’s House in relation to their acquisition of Gravelot drawings. She has catalogued and reviewed works belonging to the Minories Art Gallery in Colchester for the Public Catalogue Foundation under the instigation of the National Gallery in London. She has curated the exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Victor Batte-Lay Trust.

She is a trustee of the Constable Trust.