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English School
Figures before West Malling Abbey, Kent
inscribed 'West Malling Abbey, Kent' in the margin and extensively inscribed on a label attached to the reverse; pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
9¼ x 11¼in.

Lot Essay

This picture was painted by a lunatic who had escaped from a neighbouring asylum. When he had finished the picture he thrust it into the library window where the owner of Malling Abbey, George Talbot Hadley Foote, was seated and then rushed away.

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