Joseph Gilstrap Branston

Details

Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Joseph Gilstrap Branston
signed and dated 'W. N. P. Nicholson/July/91' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 7/8 in. (77 x 65.6 cm.)

Provenance

Commissioned by the sitter, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 February 1975, lot 23, where purchased by Underhill.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 23 January 1992, lot 58.

Literature

L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, p. 37, no. 16.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 50, no. 11, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Joseph Gilstrap Branston (1838-1926) was a notable figure and member of the financial élite of maltsers in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Branston's local prominence is notable in the commissioning of this portrait, he often declared 'My hobby has always been town improvements for the good of us all' (see P. Reed, loc. cit.).

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