Sir Alfred J. Munnings, P.R.A (British 1878-1959)

The Lavenham Horse Fair

Details

Sir Alfred J. Munnings, P.R.A (British 1878-1959)
The Lavenham Horse Fair
signed and dated 'A.J.Munnings/1901' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 18 in. (25.4 x 45.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Frost and Reed, London

Lot Essay

"Lavenham Horse Fair. What a sight! This famous fair of heavy draught- horses eclipsed anything of its kind I had ever seen...men with fat jowls, wearing wide brimmed bowlers of half-high hats, who came from London to buy heavy horses for London work--for railway companies' vans, brewers' drays, and a host of other trades." (A. J. Munnings, An Artist's Life, Bungay, 1950, p. 139)