There is a letter from the artist to a previous owner dated 20 October 1944 sold with this lot, 'Copse Hill Cottage, Ewhurst, Surrey. Dear Sir, I wonder if you would be so kind as to send me on a postcard the dimensions of a canvas - table and still life - which my friend, Harold Knight tells me is in your possession. My reason for troubling your is that a publisher has nearly completed preparations for issuing a book dealing with my work in which is to be included as complete a catalogue as possible of my more important paintings. If you could supply me with this detail I should be most grateful. Yours very truly, L. Campbell Taylor'