LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (height) by 22.01 in. (55.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated 'SS 36' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Recent Paintings by Stanley Spencer, June 1936, no. 19. Leeds, City Art Gallery, Temple Newsam House, Paintings and Drawings by Stanley Spencer, July 1947, no. 34. London, Royal Academy, Stanley Spencer, September - December 1980, p. 147, no. 170, illustrated.

Literature:

M. Collis, A Private View of Stanley Spencer, London, 1972, pp. 66-67. K. Bell, Stanley Spencer A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, pp. 439-440, no. 185, illustrated.

Provenance:

Commissioned by Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens in 1935. Purchased by F. Scaramanga from the artist in 1936. with Leger Gallery, London, 1947. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 1952. with Agnew's, London.