Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Helen Bradley (1900-1979)

Jane, How Wise You Were to Choose Black

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Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Jane, How Wise You Were to Choose Black
signed with a fly (lower left), inscribed 'Oh Jane, how wise you were to choose Black!/cried Aunt Mary and Aunt Frances while Miss/Carter (who wore Pink) was, for once speechless -/Black was just becoming fashionable for/Evening Wear. Having always been reserved/for Funerals and Mourning./Miss Taylor,/who made all our Best dresses really had/excelled herself, adding a tiny Bustle at/the back, just like Queen Alexandra's latest/style, but said Mother, I feel terribly/naked round my neck and it will mean/I shall have to leave any chemise off and/I'm sure to be cold', 'Why Jane', said Grandma waking/up'. You can have my paisley shawl and the year was 1908/Helen Layfield Bradley 1970' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board
17 x 21 in. (43.8 x 54 cm.)
來源
with Mercury Gallery, London, where purchased by Peter Froggat in May 1970.
with Anvil Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in May 1976.