LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas laid on board

Measurements:

7.95 in. (20.20 cm.) (height) by 10.12 in. (25.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower left); further signed, inscribed and dated 'The Organ Grinder came to play in/the High Street. He had a poor little/monkey and his wife always sang/'Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep', /which was very mournful. We/always gave her a penny and/hoped she would sing something/else. The children in the High Street/liked it - they always danced and/ran after them when they moved away -/and the year was 1906./Helen Leyfield Bradley 1974' (on a label verso)

Provenance:

With Constance Arthur Gallery, St. Annes, 1975, where acquired by the present owner,Private Collection, U.K