Lot Essay
For two other works by the artist see lots 90 and 91.
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The lace maker
Details
Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958)
The lace maker
signed 'C. SPENCELAYH.' (lower left) and signed again and inscribed 'Charles Spencelayh R.M.S./'Trefusis'/Cluey, Bucks./Title/'The Lace Marker'' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.7 x 13.7 cm.)
The lace maker
signed 'C. SPENCELAYH.' (lower left) and signed again and inscribed 'Charles Spencelayh R.M.S./'Trefusis'/Cluey, Bucks./Title/'The Lace Marker'' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.7 x 13.7 cm.)
Provenance
J. B. Whitehouse Esq.; Christie's, London, 30 November 1945, lot 106 (95 gns to Fry)
with The Cotman Gallery, Birmingham.
with The Cotman Gallery, Birmingham.
Literature
A. Noakes, Charles Spencelayh and his Paintings, London, 1978.
Special notice
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