Workmen on a ladder

Details

Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (1867-1956)
Workmen on a ladder
signed and inscribed 'Brangwyn/William Belleroche' (lower centre)
oil on board
21 x 27¾ in. (53.4 x 70.5 cm.)

Provenance

Count William Belleroche.
His sale; Christie's, London, 18 July 1961, lot 124.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 October 1996, lot 30.

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Lot Essay

In 1924 the House of Lords voted to commemorate the First World War by completing the Victorian decorations (commissioned by Prince Albert from Daniel Maclise) in the Royal Gallery in the House of Lords. Lord Iveagh offered the fee and chose Sir Frank Brangwyn to complete the British Empire Panels, supported by other lords.

This work is an oil study for the central panel.

We are very grateful to Libby Horner for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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