Shillington's House, Whitehouse, Northern Ireland

Details

Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Shillington's House, Whitehouse, Northern Ireland
oil on canvas
25¼ x 30½ in. (64 x 77.5 cm.)
Painted in 1951.

Provenance

with Tooths, London, 1951.

Literature

K. Bell, Stanley Spencer A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, p. 497, no. 366, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1952, no. 78.
London, Tate Gallery, Stanley Spencer: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1955, no. 78, as 'Shillington's House, Merville Garden Village, near Belfast'.
Worthing, Art Gallery, Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A., 1967-68, no. 12, as 'Shillington's House, Merville Garden Village'.
London, Royal Academy, Stanley Spencer, R.A., September 1980, no. 258.

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Lot Essay

In 1951 Spencer paid the first of several visits to his brother Harold at 176 Merville Garden Village near Belfast. During the trip he painted a self-portrait and a portrait of his niece Daphne, then aged nineteen, as well as the present work.

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