Lot Essay
The present work was executed on Hilda and Stanley's honeymoon. Hilda first met Gilbert at the Slade in 1919 before she met Stanley.
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Portrait of Hilda Carline
Details
Gilbert Spencer (1892-1979)
Portrait of Hilda Carline
signed, inscribed and dated 'Hilda/G Spencer/1925' (lower left)
pencil
11½ x 7 in. (29.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Portrait of Hilda Carline
signed, inscribed and dated 'Hilda/G Spencer/1925' (lower left)
pencil
11½ x 7 in. (29.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Provenance
with The Fine Art Society, London, July 1974.
Exhibited
Oxford, Ashmolean, The Ruskin Drawing School with Sydney Carline (Master 1922-1929) and his staff., 1977, no. 49.
Lincoln, Usher Gallery, The Art of Hilda Carline, Mrs Stanley Spencer, 16 January - 7 March 1999, no. 72: this exhibition travelled to Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 13 March - 7 May 1999; London, Kenwood House, 15 May - 11 July 1999; York, York City Art Gallery, 24 July - 29 August 1999; and to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, 11 September - 7 November 1999.
Lincoln, Usher Gallery, The Art of Hilda Carline, Mrs Stanley Spencer, 16 January - 7 March 1999, no. 72: this exhibition travelled to Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 13 March - 7 May 1999; London, Kenwood House, 15 May - 11 July 1999; York, York City Art Gallery, 24 July - 29 August 1999; and to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, 11 September - 7 November 1999.
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