May I have the pleasure?

Details

George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924)
May I have the pleasure?
signed 'G G Kilburne' (lower left) and with inscription 'May I have the pleasure' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
14 x 21 in. (35.5 x 53.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 19 May 1950, lot 51 (£7 gns. to Matinson (?))

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This was a popular subject with Kilburne and another watercolour of this subject was sold Christie's, London, 28 November 2002, lot 159.
Miss Pinkerton's Academy, Chiswick Mall by George Goodwin Kilburne was sold Christie's, London, 8 June 2000, lot 73 (£32,900), a world record price for the artist.

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