LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas-board

Measurements:

24.02 in. (61.00 cm.) (height) by 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Buying Summer Hats at Buckley and Proctors./George & I and the dogs, Grandmother and the two aunts to Oldham/They went to B & Ps as the shop was known/to buy new summer hats. Willie & Annie/Murgatroyd were also there with their mother./She was going upstairs when Willie saw/Miss Sims train just waiting to be trodden on./Mr Proctor was talking to Miss Sims when he saw/Miss Carter (who wore pink) entering The Shop./Never mind the bill now "Miss Sims" he said, "Hurry/and attend to Miss Carter, you know she usually/shops in Manchester" George and I are waiting/to find what will happen when Miss Sims/hurried away. So was mother & The Aunts/and the year was 1906./Helen Layfield Bradley (1967)' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)

Provenance:

W. Callard.